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Heath was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 19 September, 1911, vice [[James Startin|Startin]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28533/pages/6949 no. 28533. p. 6949.] 22 September, 1911.</ref> | Heath was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 19 September, 1911, vice [[James Startin|Startin]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28533/pages/6949 no. 28533. p. 6949.] 22 September, 1911.</ref> | ||
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| + | Captain [[Francis Fitzgerald Haworth-Booth|Francis F. Haworth-Booth]], naval adviser to the Australian High Commission in London, informed the [[Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty]], [[William Graham Greene|Sir W. Graham Greene]], that Heath was wanted by the Australian government for the position of First Naval Member of the Commonwealth Naval Board, which was why an officer of Rear-Admiral's rank had been asked for. Heath himself was apparently "ready to go."<ref>Greene to Battenberg. Note of 17 February, 1914. {{TNA|ADM 1/8368/40.}} f. 3.</ref> | ||
==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
Revision as of 13:49, 31 March 2013
Admiral SIR Herbert Leopold Heath, K.C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (27 December, 1861 – 22 October, 1954) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Contents
Life & Career
Heath was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1884.[1]
Heath was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1896.[2]
Captain
Heath was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1902.[3]
Heath was appointed in command of the battleship Repulse on 27 February, 1905.[4]
In March 1906, he was made Captain of Lancaster.[5]
He was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order on 30 April, 1907.[6]
He was appointed in command of the battleship Superb on 14 March, 1909.[7]
Flag Rank
Heath was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 September, 1911, vice Startin.[8]
Captain Francis F. Haworth-Booth, naval adviser to the Australian High Commission in London, informed the Permanent Secretary to the Board of Admiralty, Sir W. Graham Greene, that Heath was wanted by the Australian government for the position of First Naval Member of the Commonwealth Naval Board, which was why an officer of Rear-Admiral's rank had been asked for. Heath himself was apparently "ready to go."[9]
Great War
On 24 October, 1915, he was appointed Rear-Admiral commanding Seventh Cruiser Squadron, in Minotaur.[10]
His Flag Captain in the Minotaur, Captain Edward B. Kiddle, later wrote of him: "He was a delightful man and much liked."[11]
In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Heath was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[12]
Heath was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 April, 1917.[13]
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 4 June, 1917.[14]
Post-War
Heath was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 October, 1919, vice Christian.[15]
He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 June, 1922.[16]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26757. p. 3978. 10 July, 1896.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 200.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28020. p. 3191. 10 May, 1907.
- ↑ Tudor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 90.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28533. p. 6949. 22 September, 1911.
- ↑ Greene to Battenberg. Note of 17 February, 1914. The National Archives. ADM 1/8368/40. f. 3.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1915) p. 6.
- ↑ Kiddle. Naval Memories. NMRN, Portsmouth: 1988.337. f. 88.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30037. p. 3955. 27 April, 1917.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30111. p. 5453. 4 June, 1917.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31610. p. 12892. 21 October, 1919.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32717. p. 4329. 6 June, 1922.
Bibliography
- "Adml. Sir Herbert Heath" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 25 October, 1954. Issue 53071, col D, p. 8.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/87.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by F. Alban A. G. Tate |
Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard 1912 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Arthur W. Waymouth
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| Preceded by Henry L. Tottenham |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron 1915 – 1916 |
Succeeded by Command Abolished
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| Preceded by The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron 1916 |
Succeeded by Sydney R. Fremantle
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| Preceded by Sir John M. de Robeck |
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Battle Squadron 1916 – 1917 |
Succeeded by Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair |
| Preceded by Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss |
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel 1917 – 1919 |
Succeeded by Sir Montague E. Browning
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| Preceded by Sir Cecil Burney |
Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland 1919 – 1922 |
Succeeded by Command Abolished
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- People
- People (UK)
- 1861 births
- 1954 deaths
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1874
- Torpedo Officers
- Torpedo Officers (UK)
- Assistant Directors of Naval Intelligence (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Naval Attachés to Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
- Admirals Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Seventh Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Vice-Admirals Commanding, Third Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Second Sea Lords
- Commanders-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland
