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==Chief Inspectors of Naval Ordnance==
 
==Chief Inspectors of Naval Ordnance==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=12 November, 1907<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  Book 2.  f. 446.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Richard Bowles Farquhar|nick=Richard B. Farquhar|appt=12 November, 1907<ref>Farquhar Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  Book 2.  f. 446.</ref>|end=c. 12 November, 1907|precBy=New Appointment}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Francis George Eyre|nick=Francis G. Eyre|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>Eyre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 140.</ref>|end=9 July, 1914<ref>Eyre Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Francis George Eyre|nick=Francis G. Eyre|appt=12 January, 1911<ref>Eyre Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 140.</ref>|end=9 July, 1914<ref>Eyre Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Alexander Duncan|nick=John A. Duncan|appt=4 July, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 109}}|ass=9 July, 1914<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Eyre Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 140.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Alexander Duncan|nick=John A. Duncan|appt=4 July, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 109}}|ass=9 July, 1914<ref>Superseded his predecessor on that date.  Eyre Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=4 April, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Llewellyn Evan Hugh Llewellyn|nick=Llewellyn E. H. Llewellyn|appt=March, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 1820''e''.  Possibly in April, 1919}}|end=1 November, 1927}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Llewellyn Evan Hugh Llewellyn|nick=Llewellyn E. H. Llewellyn|appt=March, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 1820''e''.  Possibly in April, 1919}}|end=1 November, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Graham Muriel McHardy|nick=John G. M. McHardy|appt=1 November, 1927<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 July, 1929<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>|note=died following an operation}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Frank Reginald Willis|nick=Frank R. Willis|appt=mid August, 1929{{NMAF|14 Aug. 1929, p. 15}}|end=9 March, 1936<ref>Willis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/72.}} f. 72.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Stewart Arnold Pears|nick=Stewart A. Pears|appt=18 March, 1947<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/71.|}} f. 73.</ref>|end=2 March, 1956<ref>Pears Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/71.|}} f. 73.</ref>}}
 
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==Deputy Chief Inspectors of Naval Ordnance==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Graham Muriel McHardy|nick=John G. M. McHardy|appt=April, 1922<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1 November, 1927<ref>McHardy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/524.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Kenneth Gofton-Salmond|nick=Kenneth Gofton-Salmond|appt=|end=30 March, 1936<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/188.}} f. 547.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Hugh Philip Middleton|nick=Hugh P. Middleton|appt=30 March, 1936<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/188.}} f. 547.</ref>|end=3 October, 1938<ref>Middleton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/188.}} f. 547.</ref>|note=vice Gofton-Salmond}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Oswald Stannus Gray|nick=Oswald S. Gray|appt=25 August, 1936<ref>Gray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/264.|}} f. 266.</ref>|end=3 October, 1938<ref>Gray Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/264.|}} f. 266.</ref>|note=vice Middleton}}
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There is some confusion as to when Middleton left.
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==Inspectors of Naval Ordnance==
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It is not clear whether this is a simple retitling of Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance.
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Inspector of Naval Ordnance" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Winthrop Swithinbank|nick=Cuthbert W. Swithinbank|appt=1 January, 1932<ref>Swithinbank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=2 March, 1935<ref>Swithinbank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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==Deputy Inspectors of Naval Ordnance==
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<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Deputy Inspector of Naval Ordnance" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hermann Brougham|nick=John H. Brougham|appt=1 October, 1926<ref>Brougham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/269.|}} f. 636.</ref>|end=2 August, 1928<ref>Brougham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/269.|}} f. 636.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Winthrop Swithinbank|nick=Cuthbert W. Swithinbank|appt=9 October, 1926<ref>Swithinbank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1 January, 1932<ref>Swithinbank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/49.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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The apparent conflict here may be that Brougham's duty is at Woolwich.  That's a wild guess, as the other man may also be there.
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==Assistants to Inspector of Naval Ordnance==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hermann Brougham|nick=John H. Brougham|appt=10 August, 1920<ref>Brougham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/269.|}} f. 636.</ref>|end=1 October, 1926<ref>Brougham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/269.|}} f. 636.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Hermann Brougham|nick=John H. Brougham|appt=2 August, 1928<ref>Brougham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/269.|}} f. 636.</ref>|end=15 September, 1933<ref>Brougham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/269.|}} f. 636.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Kenneth James Trippett Southgate|nick=Kenneth J. T. Southgate|appt=1 September, 1939<ref>Southgate Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/127.|}}  f. 127.</ref>|end=23 August, 1943<ref>Southgate Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/127.|}}  f. 127.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Latest revision as of 12:03, 30 April 2023

Staff

The budgeted staff of the Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance in 1914 was one Chief Inspector, three assistants, one Ordnance Depot Clerk, First Grade, one Ordnance Depot Clerk, Third Grade, and two Hired Writers.[1]

Chief Inspectors of Naval Ordnance

Deputy Chief Inspectors of Naval Ordnance

There is some confusion as to when Middleton left.

Inspectors of Naval Ordnance

It is not clear whether this is a simple retitling of Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance.

Deputy Inspectors of Naval Ordnance

The apparent conflict here may be that Brougham's duty is at Woolwich. That's a wild guess, as the other man may also be there.

Assistants to Inspector of Naval Ordnance

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Navy Estimates for the Year 1914–1915. p. 151.
  2. Farquhar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. Book 2. f. 446.
  3. Eyre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 140.
  4. Eyre Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 140.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 109.
  6. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 1820e. Possibly in April, 1919.
  7. McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  8. McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  9. "Naval, Military, And Air Force." The Times (London, England), 14 Aug. 1929, p. 15.
  10. Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/72. f. 72.
  11. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/71. f. 73.
  12. Pears Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/71. f. 73.
  13. McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  14. McHardy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/524. f. ?.
  15. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/188. f. 547.
  16. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/188. f. 547.
  17. Middleton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/188. f. 547.
  18. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  19. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  20. Swithinbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/49. f. ?.
  21. Swithinbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/49. f. ?.
  22. Brougham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/269. f. 636.
  23. Brougham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/269. f. 636.
  24. Swithinbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/49. f. ?.
  25. Swithinbank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/49. f. ?.
  26. Brougham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/269. f. 636.
  27. Brougham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/269. f. 636.
  28. Brougham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/269. f. 636.
  29. Brougham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/269. f. 636.
  30. Southgate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/127. f. 127.
  31. Southgate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/127. f. 127.

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