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Revision as of 13:03, 17 July 2012
Admiral Francis Starkie Clayton, Royal Navy, Retired (19 July, 1838 – 21 October, 1913) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 4 April, 1870.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 27 February, 1879.[2]
Clayton committed to his diary in July, 1887:
I am still uncertain about my movements as the Admiral has not yet got the requisite permission [by] telegram. Really, it is too bad that an Admiral can't move about his own station without permission from home—centralisation with a vengeance. It is a great pity, all owing to that tiresome telegraph—he may not go out of reach of the plague [sic] without leave.[3]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 January, 1901.[4]
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 16 June, 1904.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 23605. p. 2099. 8 April, 1870.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 24686. p. 1793. 28 February, 1879.
- ↑ Quoted in The Naval Miscellany. VI. p. 360.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27262. p. 4. 1 January, 1901.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27692. p. 4259. 5 July, 1904.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Clayton" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 23 October, 1913. Issue 40350, col D, pg. 11.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/70.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/36.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/14.
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