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{{RearRN}} '''Richard Nigel Gresley''', R.N., Retired (15 March, 1850 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} (retired) '''Richard Nigel Gresley''', R.N., Retired (15 March, 1850 – 11 September, 1928) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Gresley was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 23 September, 1873.<ref>Gresley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/464.|D7601201}} f. 547.</ref>
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Gresley was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1887.<ref>Gresley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/464.|D7601201}} f. 547.</ref>
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Gresley retired at his own request on 1 April, 1902.<ref>Gresley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/464.|D7601201}} f. 552.</ref>
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Gresley was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on the Retired List on 1 April, 1905.  He attended an Admiralty conference in late June, 1910 regarding the fitting out of Armed Merchant Cruiser.<ref>Gresley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/464.|D7601201}} f. 552.</ref>
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Gresley died near Winchester in 1928 of a cancer that had developed from an old appendectomy scar.<ref>Gresley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/38/464.|D7601201}} f. 552.</ref>
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Rear-Admiral (retired) Richard Nigel Gresley, R.N., Retired (15 March, 1850 – 11 September, 1928) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Gresley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 23 September, 1873.[1]

Gresley was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1887.[2]

Gresley was promoted to the rank of Captain on 13 May, 1893.[3]

Gresley retired at his own request on 1 April, 1902.[4]

Gresley was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 April, 1905. He attended an Admiralty conference in late June, 1910 regarding the fitting out of Armed Merchant Cruiser.[5]

Gresley died near Winchester in 1928 of a cancer that had developed from an old appendectomy scar.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George F. King-Hall
Captain of H.M.S. Volage
15 May, 1898[7]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Oswald P. Tudor
Captain of H.M.S. Melampus
4 Mar, 1899[8] – 1901
Succeeded by
Henry H. Dyke

Footnotes

  1. Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
  2. Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
  3. Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 547.
  4. Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
  5. Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
  6. Gresley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/464. f. 552.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 311. Year is actually omitted here.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 280.

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