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Captain Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson, C.M.G., M.V.O., Royal Navy (5 July, 1869 – 14 July, 1918) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 31 December, 1902 he was promoted to the rank of Commander.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1908.[2]

His career encompassed a notable series of pre-dreadnought commands.

He was appointed command of the battleship King Edward VII on 24 July, 1911.[3]

Williamson was appointed in command of Queen as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Commanding Second and Third Fleets on 17 May, 1912.[4]

He assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Royal Arthur in August 1914.[5]

Williamson assumed command of the heavy cruiser Berwick in March 1915,[6] remaining in her until he was appointed command of the battleship Vengeance on 8 December, 1915.[7]

He was appointed command of the battleship Dominion on 11 April, 1917.[8]

Finally, he secured command of a dreadnought, commanding Canada for a few months from December 1917 until February 1918.[9]

Williamson was nicknamed "The Quail" in the Navy.[10]

Williamson died on 14 July, 1918,[11] of pneumonia.[12]

Bibliography

Service Record

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Cuthbert G. Chapman 		[[H.M.S. Hussar (1894)|Captain of H.M.S. Hussar]]
23 Oct, 1900[13] 		Succeeded by
George C. Quayle
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Amethyst
1 Apr, 1905[14] 		Succeeded by
James D. Dick
Preceded by
Roger J. B. Keyes 		Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Rome
1 Aug, 1908[15] 		Succeeded by
William H. D. Boyle
Preceded by
Edmund H. Smith 		Captain of H.M.S. Africa
14 Mar, 1911[16] 		Succeeded by
Ernest G. Barton
Preceded by
Allan F. Everett 		Captain of H.M.S. King Edward VII
24 Jul, 1911[17] 		Succeeded by
Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis
Preceded by
Thomas D. L. Sheppard 		Captain of H.M.S. Queen
17 May, 1912[18] 		Succeeded by
John W. L. McClintock
Preceded by
George C. Hardy 		Captain of H.M.S. Royal Arthur
1 Aug, 1914[19] 		Succeeded by
Frederic A. Whitehead
Preceded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker 		Captain of H.M.S. Berwick
24 Mar, 1915[20] 		Succeeded by
William F. Blunt
Preceded by
Bertram H. Smith 		Captain of H.M.S. Vengeance
8 Dec, 1915[21][22] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Henry L. Mawbey 		Captain of H.M.S. Dominion
11 Apr, 1917[23][24] 		Succeeded by
Arthur G. Smith
Preceded by
James C. Ley 		Captain of H.M.S. Canada
9 Dec, 1917[25] 		Succeeded by
Hugh D. R. Watson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28151. p. 4644. 26 June, 1908.
  3. ↑ "Naval Appointments and Retirements" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 11 July, 1911. Issue 39634, col C, p. 15.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 364.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 398v.
  8. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393d.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ See Keyes Papers. p. 372, p. 453.
  11. ↑ "Died of Wounds" (Deaths). The Times. Tuesday, 16 July, 1918. Issue 41843, col B, p. 1.
  12. ↑ Keyes Papers. p. 453n.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1901). p. 267.
  14. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 275.
  15. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  16. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  17. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  18. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  19. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  20. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  21. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398v.
  23. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 393d.
  25. ↑ Williamson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 22.

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