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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty]]'''<br>1911 &ndash; 1912
 
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Revision as of 10:03, 29 October 2010

Admiral SIR Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge, K.C.M.G., C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy (15 July, 1862 – 28 January, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Troubridge succeeded Commodore Bradford in command of the Royal Naval Barracks at Chatham on 22 December, 1908.[1]

On 19 June, 1911 Troubridge was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the bath (C.B.) on the occasion of the coronation of King George V.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 9 June, 1916.[3]

Footnotes

  1. Hazell's Annual, 1910. p. 199.
  2. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.
  3. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5828. 13 June, 1916.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 30 January, 1926. Issue 44183, col A, pg. 12.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Charles E. Madden
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1911 – 1912
Succeeded by
David Beatty
Preceded by
New Position
Chief of the Admiralty War Staff
1912 – 1913
Succeeded by
Sir Henry B. Jackson
Preceded by
New Position
Rear-Admiral Commanding,
First (Mediterranean) Cruiser Squadron

1913 – 1914
Succeeded by
Command Abolished