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Ottley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 8 December, 1879.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24791/pages/7324 no. 24791.  p. 7324.]  12 December, 1879.</ref>
 
Ottley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 8 December, 1879.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24791/pages/7324 no. 24791.  p. 7324.]  12 December, 1879.</ref>
  
Ottley was appointed Torpedo Lieutenant of the battleship [[H.M.S. Victoria (1887)|''Victoria'']], flag ship on the [[Mediterranean Station]], on 14 November, 1889.<ref>''Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 263.</ref>
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Ottley was appointed Torpedo Lieutenant of the battleship [[H.M.S. Victoria (1887)|''Victoria'']], flag ship on the [[Mediterranean Station]], on 14 November, 1889.<ref>''The Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 263.</ref>
  
 
Ottley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1892.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26309/pages/4187 no. 26309.  p. 4187.]  22 July, 1892.</ref>
 
Ottley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1892.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26309/pages/4187 no. 26309.  p. 4187.]  22 July, 1892.</ref>

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Rear-Admiral SIR Charles Langdale Ottley, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (8 February, 1858 – 24 September, 1932) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Ottley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 8 December, 1879.[1]

Ottley was appointed Torpedo Lieutenant of the battleship Victoria, flag ship on the Mediterranean Station, on 14 November, 1889.[2]

Ottley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1892.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1899.[4]

On the occasion of King Edward VII's visit to Paris, Ottley was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 4 May, 1903.[5]

He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 1 June, 1907, vice Rich.[6]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, Ottley was placed on the Retired List with permission to assume the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 June, 1908.[7]

Kathleen Margaret, his widow, died in Bath on 4 February, 1940 aged sixty-seven.[8]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 24791. p. 7324. 12 December, 1879.
  2. The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 263.
  3. London Gazette: no. 26309. p. 4187. 22 July, 1892.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27040. p. 84. 6 January, 1899.
  5. London Gazette: no. 27560. p. 3526. 2 June, 1903.
  6. London Gazette: no. 28027. p. 3832. 4 June, 1907.
  7. London Gazette: no. 28150. p. 4555. 23 June, 1908.
  8. "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Thursday, 8 February, 1940. Issue 48534, col B, pg. 1.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral Sir C. L. Ottley" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 26 September, 1932. Issue 46248, col A, pg. 17.

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