Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown
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Admiral Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown, C.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (12 April, 1866 – 9 February, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was appointed to command the battleship Jupiter on 17 November, 1909.[1]
He was appointed to command the battleship New Zealand (later renamed Zealandia) on 24 July, 1911.[2]
He was appointed to command the armoured cruiser Black Prince on 10 April, 1913.[3]
Gilpin-Brown was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1919.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 25 October, 1909. Issue 39099, col E, pg. 4.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments and Retirements" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 11 July, 1911. Issue 39634, col C, pg. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 283.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31112. p. 364. 7 January, 1919.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Gilpin Brown" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 12 February, 1934. Issue 46676, col B, pg. 17.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
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Categories:
- 1866 births
- 1934 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1879
- Royal Navy Navigating Officers
- Captains of H.M.S. Jupiter (1895)
- Captains of H.M.S. Zealandia (1904)
- Captains of H.M.S. Challenger (1902)
- Captains of H.M.S. Black Prince (1904)
- Captains Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard
- Commanders of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
