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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
He was appointed [[Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard]] on 1 June, 1888.<ref>Clowes.  '''VII'''.  p. 7.</ref>
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Fane was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 16 October, 1868.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23433/pages/5510 no. 23433.  p. 5510.]  20 October, 1868.</ref>
  
Fane was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 5 August, 1890, vice [[Charles John Rowley|Rowley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26077/pages/4328 no. 26077.  p. 4328.]  8 August, 1890.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Hector|f=t}} on 11 July, 1885.
  
On the occasion of the King Edward VII's birthday Fane was appointed a Knight Commander in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 9 November, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27376/pages/7291 no. 27376.  p. 7291.]  12 November, 1901.</ref>
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Fane was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to Queen Victoria on 6 January, 1888, vice [[Charles Frederick Hotham|Hotham]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25774/pages/243 no. 25774.  p. 243.]  6 January, 1888.</ref>  He was appointed [[Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard]] on 1 June.<ref>Clowes.  '''VII'''.  p. 7.</ref>
  
Fane was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 24 January, 1902, vice [[Richard Edward Tracey|Tracey]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27401/pages/583 no. 27401.  p. 583.]  28 January, 1902.</ref>  In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 22 February, 1870]], he was placed on the Retired List at his own request the following day.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27405/pages/844 no. 27405.  p. 844.]  11 February, 1902.</ref>
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Fane was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 5 August, 1890, vice [[Charles John Rowley|Rowley]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26077/pages/4328 no. 26077.  p. 4328.]  8 August, 1890.</ref>
  
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He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} dated 9 November, 1896, vice [[John Ommanney Hopkins|Hopkins]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26796/pages/6363 no. 26796.  p. 6363.]  20 November, 1896.</ref>
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On the occasion of the King Edward VII's birthday Fane was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 9 November, 1901.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27376/pages/7291 no. 27376.  p. 7291.]  12 November, 1901.</ref>
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Fane was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 24 January, 1902, vice [[Richard Edward Tracey|Tracey]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27401/pages/583 no. 27401.  p. 583.]  28 January, 1902.</ref>  In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 22 February, 1870]], he was placed on the Retired List at his own request the following day.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27405/pages/844 no. 27405.  p. 844.]  11 February, 1902.</ref>
  
 
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*"Obituary" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 25 February, 1909.  Issue '''38892''', col E, pg. 13.
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*"Obituary" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 25 February, 1909.  Issue '''38892''', col E, p. 13.
 
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*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7923226&queryType=1&resultcount=3 ADM 196/70.]
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*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7894037&queryType=1&resultcount=3 ADM 196/36.]
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*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7902869&queryType=1&resultcount=3 ADM 196/14.]
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Revision as of 17:51, 17 February 2019

Admiral SIR Charles George Fane, K.C.B., J.P., Royal Navy (14 November, 1837 – 22 February, 1909) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fane was promoted to the rank of Commander on 16 October, 1868.[1]

He was appointed in command of the iron battleship Hector on 11 July, 1885.

Fane was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria on 6 January, 1888, vice Hotham.[2] He was appointed Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard on 1 June.[3]

Fane was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 August, 1890, vice Rowley.[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral dated 9 November, 1896, vice Hopkins.[5]

On the occasion of the King Edward VII's birthday Fane was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 9 November, 1901.[6]

Fane was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 24 January, 1902, vice Tracey.[7] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List at his own request the following day.[8]

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 25 February, 1909. Issue 38892, col E, p. 13.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Claude E. Buckle
Captain of H.M.S. Invincible
11 Jun, 1885[9] – 1 Jun, 1888
Succeeded by
Arthur T. Brooke
Preceded by
Noel S. F. Digby
Captain of H.M.S. Northampton
22 Apr, 1886[10] – 23 Nov, 1886
Succeeded by
Henry L. Fleet
Preceded by
Robert H. M. Molyneux
Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard
1 Jun, 1888[11]
Succeeded by
Richard Duckworth-King
Preceded by
John A. Fisher
Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard
1 Feb, 1892[12]
Succeeded by
Ernest Rice

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 23433. p. 5510. 20 October, 1868.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 25774. p. 243. 6 January, 1888.
  3. Clowes. VII. p. 7.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 26077. p. 4328. 8 August, 1890.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 26796. p. 6363. 20 November, 1896.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 27376. p. 7291. 12 November, 1901.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27401. p. 583. 28 January, 1902.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 27405. p. 844. 11 February, 1902.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 214.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 226.
  11. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.
  12. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 6.