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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William James Lloyd Wharton|nick=Sir William J. L. Wharton|appt=1 August, 1884<ref>Wharton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1447.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Francis Beaufort|nick=Sir Francis Beaufort|appt=1829|end=1855}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Mostyn Field|nick=Arthur M. Field|appt=1 August, 1904<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 456.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Washington|nick=John Washington|appt=1855|end=1863}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Henry Richards|nick=Sir George H. Richards|appt=1863|end=1874}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick John Owen Evans|nick=Sir Frederick J. O. Evans|appt=1874|end=1884}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William James Lloyd Wharton|nick=Sir William J. L. Wharton|appt=1 August, 1884<ref>Wharton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1447.</ref>|end=1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Mostyn Field|nick=Arthur M. Field|appt=1 August, 1904<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 456.</ref>|end=1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Edward Purey-Cust|nick=Herbert E. Purey-Cust|appt=16 August, 1909<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Edward Purey-Cust|nick=Herbert E. Purey-Cust|appt=16 August, 1909<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Franklin Parry|nick=Sir John F. Parry|appt=31 August, 1914<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>|end=1 September, 1919<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Franklin Parry|nick=Sir John F. Parry|appt=31 August, 1914<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>|end=1 September, 1919<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Learmonth|nick=Frederick C. Learmonth|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>Learmonth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 346.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Learmonth|nick=Frederick C. Learmonth|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>Learmonth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 346.</ref>|end=1924}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=1 October, 1924|end=1 October, 1932}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=1 October, 1924|end=1 October, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=1 October, 1932{{NLMay39|p. 532}}|end=June, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=1 October, 1932{{NLMay39|p. 532}}|end=1945}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt|nick=Arthur G. N. Wyatt|appt=1945|end=1950}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Llewellyn Styles Dawson|nick=Llewellyn S. Dawson|appt=1 October, 1876|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Llewellyn Styles Dawson|nick=Llewellyn S. Dawson|appt=1 October, 1876|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Pirie|nick=George Pirie|appt=7 November, 1893|end=1 July, 1894}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Staff {{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Rendle Harris|nick=Henry R. Harris|appt=3 February, 1874|end=7 November, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Pirie|nick=George Pirie|appt=7 November, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095}}|end=1 July, 1894}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morris Henry Smyth|nick=Morris H. Smyth|appt=1 July, 1894|end=1 July, 1897}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morris Henry Smyth|nick=Morris H. Smyth|appt=1 July, 1894|end=1 July, 1897}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Cecil Frederick Oldham|nick=Cecil F. Oldham|appt=1 July, 1897|end=4 September, 1904}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Cecil Frederick Oldham|nick=Cecil F. Oldham|appt=1 July, 1897|end=4 September, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Lewis Frederick Blackburn|nick=Lewis F. Blackburn|appt=8 July, 1907|end=15 January, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Lewis Frederick Blackburn|nick=Lewis F. Blackburn|appt=8 July, 1907|end=15 January, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Montagu Marston|nick=Guy M. Marston|appt=2 January, 1908|end=10 November, 1910}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Montagu Marston|nick=Guy M. Marston|appt=2 January, 1908|end=10 November, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Philip Colquhoun Pearson|nick=Philip C. Pearson|appt=11 February, 1908|end=11 October, 1914}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=18 March, 1909|end=11 May, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=18 March, 1909|end=11 May, 1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=11 July, 1910|end=27 January, 1911}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=11 July, 1910|end=27 January, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=21 February, 1915|end=28 January, 1916|note=temporary until 9 July, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=21 February, 1915|end=28 January, 1916|note=temporary until 9 July, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Ward Torlesse|nick=Arthur W. Torlesse|appt=24 February, 1917<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>|end=1 May, 1919<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Ward Torlesse|nick=Arthur W. Torlesse|appt=24 February, 1917<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>|end=1 May, 1919<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=19 June, 1918|end=6 May, 1920}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=20 January, 1920|end=5 July, 1920}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=20 January, 1920|end=5 July, 1920}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=28 October, 1925|end=4 August, 1926|note=became ill with career-ending lung condition}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=28 October, 1925|end=4 August, 1926|note=became ill with career-ending lung condition}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Stewart Erskine Maxwell|nick=Patrick S. E. Maxwell|appt=11 July, 1931|end=15 April, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Stewart Erskine Maxwell|nick=Patrick S. E. Maxwell|appt=11 July, 1931|end=15 April, 1936}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sidney Arthur Geary Hill|nick=Sidney A. Geary Hill|appt=15 December, 1927<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>|end=5 August, 1943<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>|note=this was extended repeatedly}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sidney Arthur Geary Hill|nick=Sidney A. Geary Hill|appt=15 December, 1927<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>|end=5 August, 1943<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>|note=this was extended repeatedly}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Day|nick=Archibald Day|appt=28 December, 1936|end=11 January, 1937}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=14 January, 1942<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|note=serving in rank of Commander}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=14 January, 1942<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|note=serving in rank of Commander}}
 
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Revision as of 09:02, 10 September 2019

Hydrographers of the Navy

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Assistant Hydrographers

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The overlap between Hardy and Nelson-Ward should be examined.

Chief Civil Assistant to the Hydrographer

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Naval Assistants to the Hydrographer

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Note: there seem to have been multiple men in this role, and so it is not, strictly, correct to link them in chains of succession at the foot of each man's page.

Directors of Navigation

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Superintendents of Charts

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Footnotes

  1. Wharton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1447.
  2. Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 456.
  3. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  4. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  5. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
  6. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
  7. Learmonth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 346.
  8. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 532.
  9. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  10. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 14 January, 1910. Issue 39169, col C, p. 4.
  12. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
  13. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190/378.
  14. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190/378.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
  16. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  17. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  18. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  19. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  20. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  21. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  22. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  23. Frederick Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 483.
  24. Frederick Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 483.
  25. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095.
  26. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095.
  27. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  28. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  29. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 357.
  31. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  32. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  33. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  34. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  35. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  36. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  37. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  38. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  39. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  40. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
  41. Schofield. p. 190.
  42. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
  43. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
  44. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  45. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  46. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  47. "Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 28 February, 1963. Issue 55637, col E, pg. 12.
  48. "Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 28 February, 1963. Issue 55637, col E, pg. 12.
  49. "Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 17 May, 1952. Issue 52314, col E, pg. 8.
  50. Superseded that day. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  51. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  52. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  53. Learmonth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 346.
  54. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  55. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  56. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  57. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
  58. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.

Bibliography

  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.
  • Day, Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald (1967). The Admiralty Hydrographic Service 1795-1919. London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office.
  • Schofield, Vice-Admiral B. B. (1977). Navigation and Direction: The Story of HMS Dryad. Havant: Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd. ISBN 0859370879.