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[[File:Whyte, NPG x67830.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir William M. C. B. Whyte, 1921.<br><small>© National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]
 
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[[Paymaster Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Paymaster Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte''', {{Post-Nominals|country=GBR-cats|K.C.B.c|C.M.G.}}, R.N. (28 November, 1863 &ndash; 13 July, 1932) was the first [[Paymaster Director-General (Royal Navy)|Paymaster Director-General]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
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[[Paymaster Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Paymaster Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte''', {{Post-Nominals|country=GBR-cats|K.C.B.m|C.M.G.}}, R.N. (28 November, 1863 &ndash; 13 July, 1932) was the first [[Paymaster Director-General (Royal Navy)|Paymaster Director-General]] of the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Early Life & Career==
 
==Early Life & Career==
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Whyte was promoted to the rank of [[Fleet Paymaster (Royal Navy)|Fleet Paymaster]] on 27 November, 1903, with seniority of 1 January, 1903.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27623/pages/8023 no. 27623.  p. 8023.]  4 December, 1903.</ref>
 
Whyte was promoted to the rank of [[Fleet Paymaster (Royal Navy)|Fleet Paymaster]] on 27 November, 1903, with seniority of 1 January, 1903.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27623/pages/8023 no. 27623.  p. 8023.]  4 December, 1903.</ref>
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==Great War==
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Whyte's appointment in ''Defence'' ended on 4 October, 1914, and he returned home on account of asthma.  He was found fit on 28 December and on 30 December he was appointed to ''President'' as Transport Officer on the staff of the [[Transport Department (Royal Navy)|Transport Department]].  He was appointed temporary [[Paymaster-in-Chief (Royal Navy)|Paymaster-in-Chief]] on 1 January, 1918.  On 1 July he was appointed Paymaster Director-General at the Admiralty.<ref>ADM 196/81.  f. 69.</ref>
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==Post-War==
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He was gazzetted an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 2 January, 1922.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32563/pages/10712 no. 32563.  p. 10712.]  31 December, 1921.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 04:06, 26 August 2013

Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir William M. C. B. Whyte, 1921.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

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

Early Life & Career

Whyte was specially promoted to the rank of Staff Paymaster on 1 January, 1901, for services in South Africa.[1]

Whyte was promoted to the rank of Fleet Paymaster on 27 November, 1903, with seniority of 1 January, 1903.[2]

Great War

Whyte's appointment in Defence ended on 4 October, 1914, and he returned home on account of asthma. He was found fit on 28 December and on 30 December he was appointed to President as Transport Officer on the staff of the Transport Department. He was appointed temporary Paymaster-in-Chief on 1 January, 1918. On 1 July he was appointed Paymaster Director-General at the Admiralty.[3]

Post-War

He was gazzetted an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 2 January, 1922.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27623. p. 8023. 4 December, 1903.
  3. ↑ ADM 196/81. f. 69.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32563. p. 10712. 31 December, 1921.

Bibliography

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

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sir John H. G. Chapple 		Paymaster Director-General
1918 – 1923 		Succeeded by
Charles F. Pollard

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