Difference between revisions of "FitzRoy Evelyn Patrick Hutton"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(Update appts)
(8 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
Hutton gained four months' time on passing out of the Training Establishment.
 
Hutton gained four months' time on passing out of the Training Establishment.
  
Hutton was awarded the [[Goodenough Medal]] for 1914.
+
Hutton was awarded the [[Goodenough Medal]] for 1914, being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship.
  
Hutton was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 April, 1915.
+
Hutton was appointed to the {{UK-Dartmouth|f=t}} on 6 May 1914. After being promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 April, 1915 he left {{UK-Dartmouth}} for an appointment as first lieutenant in the {{UK-M31|f=t}}.
  
Hutton was awarded the [[Commander Egerton Prize]] for 1917.
+
He was appointed to {{UK-Christopher}} in September 1916 and was superseded in her on 26 April, 1917.
 +
 
 +
He was then appointed to {{UK-Excellent|f=p}} on 4 June, 1917 for a Long Course in Gunnery, and was awarded the [[Commander Egerton Prize]] for 1917.  He stayed on at ''Excellent'' after completing his course in January 1918, joining the Experimental section in March.
  
 
==Post-War==
 
==Post-War==
Line 32: Line 34:
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
<div name=fredbot:appts>{{TabApptsBegin}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
 
{{TabNaval}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''New Command'''|'''[[H.M.S. Penelope (1935)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Penelope'']]'''<br>Aug, 1936{{MackieRNW}} &ndash; Aug, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Gerald Douglas Yates|Gerald D. Yates]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles Arthur Aiskew Larcom|Charles A. A. Larcom]]'''|'''[[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Fleet Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet]]'''<br>23 Apr, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 254}}|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[George Fraser|The Hon. George Fraser]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Hermes (1919)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Hermes'']]'''<br>Aug, 1939{{MackieRNW}} &ndash; May, 1940{{MackieRNW}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Richard Francis John Onslow|Richard F. J. Onslow]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''New Command'''|'''[[H.M.S. Penelope (1935)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Penelope'']]'''<br>25 Aug, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 262}} &ndash; 25 Aug, 1939|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Gerald Douglas Yates|Gerald D. Yates]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Douglas Blake Fisher|Douglas B. Fisher]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Warspite (1913)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Warspite'']]'''<br>Mar, 1942{{MackieRNW}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Herbert Annesley Packer|Herbert A. Packer]]'''}}
+
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Lancelot Vivian Donne|Lancelot V. Donne]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Hermes (1919)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Hermes'']]'''<br>25 Aug, 1939{{MackieRNW}} &ndash; 4 Jun, 1940|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Richard Francis John Onslow|Richard F. J. Onslow]]'''}}
 +
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Douglas Blake Fisher|Douglas B. Fisher]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Warspite (1913)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Warspite'']]'''<br>27 Mar, 1942 &ndash; 23 Mar, 1943|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Herbert Annesley Packer|Herbert A. Packer]]'''}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
{{TabEnd}}
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
 
</div name=fredbot:appts>
Line 44: Line 47:
  
 
{{CatPerson|UK|1894|}}
 
{{CatPerson|UK|1894|}}
{{CatRearAdmiral|UK}}
+
{{CatRear|UK}}
 
{{CatTrainEst|January, 1907}}
 
{{CatTrainEst|January, 1907}}
 
{{CatGunneryOfficer|UK}}
 
{{CatGunneryOfficer|UK}}

Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2019

Rear-Admiral (retired) Fitzroy Evelyn Patrick Hutton, C.B. (16 January, 1894 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hutton gained four months' time on passing out of the Training Establishment.

Hutton was awarded the Goodenough Medal for 1914, being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship.

Hutton was appointed to the light cruiser Dartmouth on 6 May 1914. After being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1915 he left Dartmouth for an appointment as first lieutenant in the monitor M.31.

He was appointed to Christopher in September 1916 and was superseded in her on 26 April, 1917.

He was then appointed to H.M.S. Excellent on 4 June, 1917 for a Long Course in Gunnery, and was awarded the Commander Egerton Prize for 1917. He stayed on at Excellent after completing his course in January 1918, joining the Experimental section in March.

Post-War

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1923.

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1927.

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1933.

World War II

Hutton was appointed in command of the battleship Warspite in March, 1942.

Hutton was placed on the Retired List on 12 January, 1943.

Hutton reverted to the Retired List and was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 July, 1946.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles A. A. Larcom
Fleet Gunnery Officer, Atlantic Fleet
23 Apr, 1930[1]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Penelope
25 Aug, 1936[2] – 25 Aug, 1939
Succeeded by
Gerald D. Yates
Preceded by
Lancelot V. Donne
Captain of H.M.S. Hermes
25 Aug, 1939[3] – 4 Jun, 1940
Succeeded by
Richard F. J. Onslow
Preceded by
Douglas B. Fisher
Captain of H.M.S. Warspite
27 Mar, 1942 – 23 Mar, 1943
Succeeded by
Herbert A. Packer

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 254.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
  3. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.