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Revision as of 22:07, 24 January 2017

{CommRN}} Conyngham Charles Denison, D.S.O. (6 April, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy. His brother, Edward Conyngham Denison, also served.

Life & Career

Born in Boxglove the son of Captain the Honorable C. Denison, R.N., Conyngham gained two and a half months' time on passing out of Britannia.

Denison was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1907.[1]

Denison was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in Command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 34, soon to be renamed T.B. 034, on 23 July, 1906.[2]

Denison submitted his resignation on 23 July, 1908 in light of urgent private affairs. It was accepted and he was placed on the Emergency List.

Denison was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on the Emergency List on 1 April, 1915.[3]

Denison was appointed in command of the destroyer Swale on 11 January, 1918.[4]

Denison was promoted to the rank of Commander on the Emergency List on 11 November, 1918.[5]

Post-War

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George Pilkington
Captain of H.M. T.B. 34
23 Jul, 1906[6][7] – 23 Jul, 1908[8]
Succeeded by
James V. Creagh
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 034
Preceded by
William E. B. Magee
Captain of H.M. T.B. 109
28 Jun, 1915[9][10] – 22 Sep, 1915[11]
Succeeded by
Stanley W. Moughtin
Preceded by
Lambert N. B. Morgan
Captain of H.M.S. Angler
22 Sep, 1915[12] – 3 Feb, 1915[13]
Succeeded by
Alfred S. C. Bird
Preceded by
Reginald V. Holt
Captain of H.M. T.B. 16
3 Feb, 1916[14] – 2 Jun, 1916[15]
Succeeded by
Edward D. W. Lawford
Preceded by
Cosmo M. Graham
Captain of H.M.S. Swale
2 Jun, 1916[16][17] – 26 Feb, 1917[18]
Succeeded by
Kenneth H. Grant
Preceded by
Walter B. Compton
Captain of H.M.S. Badger
4 Mar, 1917[19] – 12 May, 1917[20]
Succeeded by
Kenneth G. Ramsey
Preceded by
Francis E. H. G. Hobart
Captain of H.M.S. Landrail
12 May, 1917[21] – 11 Jan, 1918[22]
Succeeded by
Kenneth Michell
Preceded by
Charles H. B. Foxley
Captain of H.M.S. Swale
11 Jan, 1918[23]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 399.
  3. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 912.
  5. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  6. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  7. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 399.
  8. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  9. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401a.
  11. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  12. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  13. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  14. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  15. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  16. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  17. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398m.
  18. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  19. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  20. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  21. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 394z.
  22. Denison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/26. f. 184.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 912.