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Revision as of 06:20, 11 December 2009

Paymaster Rear-Admiral SIR William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte, K.C.B., C.M.G. (28 November, 1863 – 13 July, 1932) was the first Paymaster Director-General of the Royal Navy.

Who was Who

WHYTE, Sir William Marcus Charles Beresford KCB, 1922; CB 1919; CMG 1902

Born 28 Nov. 1863; s of William T. Whyte, y s of James Whyte of Pilton Manor, Barnstaple; m 1st, 1892, Jane Emily (d 1896), d of Henry Lord Jackson of Valetta, Malta; 2nd, 1911, Gladys, d of Colonel Charles Collingwood Townsend, RA; one d ; died 13 July 1932

Paymaster Rear-Admiral, retired

EDUCATION privately

CAREER Entered service, 1880; Paymaster, 1897; Staff Paymaster, 1901; Fleet Paymaster, 1903; Paymaster Director-General, 1918–23; retired, 1923; served Egypt, 1882 (medal with clasp, bronze star); transport department, South Africa, 1901 (despatches, Queen’s and King’s medals)

CLUBS Army and Navy; Royal Naval, Portsmouth

ADDRESS Motor Car Registration Number: LD 643

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • "Sir W. B. Whyte, R.N." (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 15 July, 1932. Issue 46186, col F, pg. 8.

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