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Revision as of 16:38, 31 July 2012
Admiral SIR Hugh Dudley Richards Watson, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.B.E., Royal Navy (20 April, 1872 – 22 May, 1954) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of Commander.[1]
Watson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.[2]
Watson was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1914.[3]
He was appointed command of the dreadnought Bellerophon on 31 August, 1916.[4]
He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 29 January, 1920, vice Nicholson.[5]
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed a Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 3 June, 1922.[6]
On 8 May, 1925, he was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Goodenough.[7]
Watson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 9 October, 1929, vice Bentinck, placed on the Retired List.[8] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 April, 1930.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28211. p. 32. 1 January, 1909.
- ↑ Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12630. p. 7. 2 January, 1914.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392k.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31791. p. 2189. 24 February, 1920.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32716. p. 4324. 3 June, 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33542. p. 6476. 11 October, 1929.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33596. p. 2327. 11 April, 1930.
Bibliography
- "Adml. Sir Hugh Watson" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1954. Issue 52939, col A, pg. 9.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
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- 1872 births
- 1954 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1885
- Royal Navy Naval Attachés to German, Holland and Denmark
- Captains of H.M.S. Essex (1901)
- Captains of H.M.S. Bellerophon (1907)
- Captains of H.M.S. Canada (1913)
- Presidents of the Sports Control Board (Royal Navy)
- Naval Secretaries to the First Lord of the Admiralty
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers