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{{RearRN}} '''Richard Strode Hewlett''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  I am not sure I have found his date of birth.
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{{ViceRN}} (retired) '''Richard Strode Hewlett''' ( – 3 April, 1875) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  I am not sure I have found his date of birth.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Hewlett was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 10 January 1837.<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=781 William Loney RN website].</ref>
  
 
Hewlett was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 23 September, 1845.{{NLJul48|p. 229}}
 
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Hewlett was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 6 April, 1866.{{NLJul69|p. 393}}
 
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The October 1871 Navy List shows him as a retired Rear-Admiral, but does not show a date.{{NLOct71|p. 533}}
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He retired on 1 April, 1970 and was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}}, retired, on 30 April, 1873.<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=781 William Loney RN website].</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:18, 6 April 2022

Vice-Admiral (retired) Richard Strode Hewlett ( – 3 April, 1875) served in the Royal Navy. I am not sure I have found his date of birth.

Life & Career

Hewlett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 10 January 1837.[1]

Hewlett was promoted to the rank of Commander on 23 September, 1845.[2]

Hewlett was promoted to the rank of Captain on 15 January, 1850.[3]

Hewlett was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 6 April, 1866.[4]

He retired on 1 April, 1970 and was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, retired, on 30 April, 1873.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Cambridge
9 Aug, 1856[6]
Succeeded by
Arthur W. Jerningham
Preceded by
Thomas Maitland
Captain of H.M.S. Excellent
29 Jun, 1857[7] – 30 Jun, 1863[8]
Succeeded by
Astley C. Key

Footnotes

  1. William Loney RN website.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1848). p. 229.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1860). p. 319.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 393.
  5. William Loney RN website.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1856). p. 143.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1858). p. 153.
  8. Inferred from William Loney RN website.