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He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1912.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28623/pages/4748 no. 28623.  p. 4748.]  2 July, 1912.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1912.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28623/pages/4748 no. 28623.  p. 4748.]  2 July, 1912.</ref>
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McClintock was appointed to command the {{UK-Queen}} on 22 January, 1914 as flag captain to Vice-Admiral commanding Second and Third Fleets.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 363.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed to command of the new battleship [[H.M.S. Lord Nelson (1906)|''Lord Nelson'']] on 30 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 350.</ref>
 
He was appointed to command of the new battleship [[H.M.S. Lord Nelson (1906)|''Lord Nelson'']] on 30 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 350.</ref>
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==
He was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']] on 19 July, 1916.<ref>McClintock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 459.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of {{UK-Dreadnought}} on 19 July, 1916.<ref>McClintock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  p. 459.</ref>
  
He was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. King George V (1911)|''King George V'']] on 1 December, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1917).  p. 394''x''.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of {{UK-KingGeorgeV}} on 1 December, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1917).  p. 394''x''.</ref>
  
 
==Post-War==
 
==Post-War==

Revision as of 15:58, 12 July 2013

Vice-Admiral John William Leopold McClintock, C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (26 July, 1874 – 23 March, 1929) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

In May of 1904, McClintock was serving as Lieutenant (G) in Jupiter.[1]

McClintock was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1905.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1912.[3]

McClintock was appointed to command the Queen on 22 January, 1914 as flag captain to Vice-Admiral commanding Second and Third Fleets.[4]

He was appointed to command of the new battleship Lord Nelson on 30 April, 1914.[5]

Great War

He was appointed in command of Dreadnought on 19 July, 1916.[6]

He was appointed in command of King George V on 1 December, 1916.[7]

Post-War

McClintock 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.) on 1 January, 1919.[8] He succeeded Captain Frederic C. Dreyer as Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo on 1 February, 1919.[9]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 July, 1922, vice Brown.[10]

McClintock was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 3 August, 1927, vice Woollcombe.[11]

Footnotes

  1. Joint Report of the Mediterranean and Channel Committees on Methods of Controlling Gun Fire in Action at The National Archives. ADM 1/7758, p. 10.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 28623. p. 4748. 2 July, 1912.
  4. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 363.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 350.
  6. McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. p. 459.
  7. The Navy List (October, 1917). p. 394x.
  8. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  9. Naval Staff of the Admiralty. C.B. 3013. p. 123.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 32728. p. 5201. 11 July, 1922.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral J. W. L. McClintock" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 25 March, 1929. Issue 45160, col C, p. 17.

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