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Admiral SIR Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (3 September, 1882 – 24 January, 1943) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Served in King George V as a Commander as Gunnery Officer until October, 1915 when he was made Executive Officer of Barham. In August, 1917 he became Gunnery Commander on the staff of the First Cruiser Squadron in Courageous.
He was the creator of the Brownrigg Keyboard used through much of the First World War to mark the range plots of Dreyer tables.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Adml. Sir Studholme Brownrigg" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 8 September, 1943. Issue 49645, col D, pg. 7.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/47.
