Richard Nigel Gresley
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Rear-Admiral (retired) Richard Nigel Gresley, R.N., Retired (15 March, 1850 – 11 September, 1928) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Gresley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 23 September, 1873.[1]
Gresley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1887.[2]
Gresley was promoted to the rank of Captain on 13 May, 1893.[3]
Gresley retired at his own request on 1 April, 1902.[4]
Gresley was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 April, 1905. He attended an Admiralty conference in late June, 1910 regarding the fitting out of Armed Merchant Cruiser.[5]
Gresley died near Winchester in 1928 of a cancer that had developed from an old appendectomy scar.[6]
See Also
Bibliography
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Andrew K. Bickford |
Captain of H.M.S. Medusa 18 Jul, 1894[7] |
Succeeded by Conyers Lang |
| Preceded by George F. King-Hall |
Captain of H.M.S. Volage 5 Oct, 1896[8] – 5 Oct, 1898[9] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Oswald P. Tudor |
Captain of H.M.S. Melampus 4 Mar, 1899[10][11] – 25 May, 1901[12] |
Succeeded by Henry H. Dyke |
Footnotes
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
- ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), July 12, 1894, Issue 34314, p.10.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 280.
- ↑ Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
