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Revision as of 14:38, 29 November 2021

Vice-Admiral Alexander George McKechnie, Royal Navy, Retired (1843 – 4 March, 1910) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was the son of Alexander McKechnie, M.D., an Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets.[1]


McKechnie was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1884.

He was in receipt of a Captain's Good Service Pension from October, 1896 until March, 1898, when he was placed on the Retired List.[2] He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 22 June 1899, and to Vice-Admiral (Retired) on 10 February 1904.

He died at No. 32, Norland Square, Notting Hill in London, on 4 March, 1910.[3]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Netley
7 Jun, 1875[4]
Succeeded by
Samuel A. Johnson
Preceded by
Sir William Wiseman, Bart.
Captain of H.M.S. Immortalité
23 Aug, 1892[5]
Succeeded by
Edward Chichester
Preceded by
John C. Burnell
Captain of Portsmouth Dockyard Reserve
15 Jan, 1895
Succeeded by
Reginald F. H. Henderson

Footnotes

  1. Hampshire Telegraph (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p, 8.
  2. Hampshire Telegraph (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p, 8.
  3. Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (pay to view). Available at [1].
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1876). p. 190.
  5. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 227.