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He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1899.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27150/pages/3 no. 27150.  p. 3.]  2 January, 1900.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1899.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27150/pages/3 no. 27150.  p. 3.]  2 January, 1900.</ref>
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Millar was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1905.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27870/pages/25 no. 27870.  p. 25.]  2 January, 1906.</ref>
  
 
Millar was appointed Captain of the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] on 8 December, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 November, 1910.  Issue '''39426''', col B, pg. 7.</ref>
 
Millar was appointed Captain of the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] on 8 December, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 10 November, 1910.  Issue '''39426''', col B, pg. 7.</ref>

Revision as of 10:52, 14 March 2011

Admiral Herbert James Ogilvy Millar, Royal Navy, Retired (3 February, 1866 – 6 June, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1899.[1]

Captain

Millar was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1905.[2]

Millar was appointed Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 8 December, 1910.[3]

Millar was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 26 April, 1917.[4] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 27 April.[5]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 6 April, 1922.[6]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27150. p. 3. 2 January, 1900.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 10 November, 1910. Issue 39426, col B, pg. 7.
  4. London Gazette: no. 30037. p. 3955. 27 April, 1917.
  5. London Gazette: no. 30042. p. 4095. 1 May, 1917.
  6. London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral H. J. O. Millar" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 8 June, 1934. Issue 46775, col A, pg. 19.

Service Record