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'''Alexander George McKechnie''' ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Alexander George McKechnie''', Royal Navy, Retired (1843 – 4 March, 1910) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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He was the son of Alexander McKechnie, M.D., an Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets.<ref>''Hampshire Telegraph'' (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p, 8.</ref>
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McKechnie was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1884.
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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.<ref>''Hampshire Telegraph'' (Saturday, 12 March 1910), p, 8.</ref>
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He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 22 June 1899, and to Vice-Admiral (Retired) on 10 February 1904.
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==Service Records==
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He died at No. 32, Norland Square, Notting Hill in London, on 4 March, 1910.<ref>Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (pay to view). Available at [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1904/images/32858_625988_3323-00085?usePUB=true&_phsrc=xxS48473&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=18824182].</ref>
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Latest revision as of 11:44, 7 April 2022

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[6]
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.
  6. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 1 January, 1895. Issue 34462, col F, p. 4.