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Revision as of 21:43, 7 November 2012

Admiral SIR Archibald Lucius Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (8 February, 1842 – 12 March, 1913) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed command of Edinburgh on 6 September, 1890.[1]

Douglas was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria dated 1 January, 1893, vice Church.[2]

Douglas was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station on 15 January, 1898.[3]

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 June, 1901, vice St. John.[4]

Douglas was knighted and appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 26 June, 1902.[5]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 March, 1905, vice FitzGerald.[6] On the occasion of the visit of the French fleet to Britain he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (G.C.V.O.) on 11 August.[7]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 8 February, 1907.[8]

He was appointed an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 2 January, 1911.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 217.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26364. p. 265. 17 January, 1893.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 8 January, 1898. Issue 35408, col C, p. 10.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27325. p. 4183. 21 June, 1901.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4189. 26 June, 1902.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27772. p. 1845. 7 March, 1905.
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27826. p. 5532. 11 August, 1905.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27993. p. 899. 8 February, 1907.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28452. p. 2. 2 January, 1911.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Archibald Douglas" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 13 March, 1913. Issue 40158, col E, p. 9.
  • Douglas, Archibald C. (1938). Life of Admiral Sir Archibald Lucius Douglas, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.. Totnes: Mortimer Bros.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lewis A. Beaumont 		Captain of H.M.S. Excellent
1894 – 1895 		Succeeded by
Edmund F. Jeffreys

Preceded by
Edmund C. Drummond 		Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station
1898 – 1899 		Succeeded by
Day H. Bosanquet

Preceded by
Lord Walter Kerr 		Second Naval Lord
1899 – 1902 		Succeeded by
Sir John A. Fisher

Preceded by
Sir Frederick G. D. Bedford 		Commander-in-Chief on the North America and West Indies Station
1902 – 1904 		Succeeded by
Day H. Bosanquet

Preceded by
Sir John A. Fisher 		Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth
1904 – 1907 		Succeeded by
Sir Day H. Bosanquet

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