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Hutton was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28034/supplements/4433 (Supplement) no. 28034.  p. 4433.]  28 June, 1907.</ref>
 
Hutton was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28034/supplements/4433 (Supplement) no. 28034.  p. 4433.]  28 June, 1907.</ref>
  
He was made captain of [[H.M.S. Diana (1895)|''Diana'']] on 6 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 303.</ref>
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He was made captain of {{UK-Diana}} on 6 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 303.</ref>
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==

Revision as of 12:47, 20 October 2012

Admiral George Bowes Hutton, Royal Navy, Retired (22 May, 1867 – 15 January, 1947) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 14 December, 1888.[1]

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1901.[2]

Captain

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1907.[3]

In May 1910, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Talbot.[4]

He was made captain of Diana on 6 January, 1914.[5]

Great War

Hutton was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 27 October, 1918, vice Gaunt and retired at his own request on 28 October.[6]

Retirement

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 19 July, 1924,[7] and was advanced to Admiral on the Retired List on 22 February, 1928.[8]

Hutton died on 15 January, 1947 at The Cottage, Belton, near Uppingham after a short illness, at the age of seventy-nine.

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25886. p. 7272. 21 December, 1888.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28034. p. 4433. 28 June, 1907.
  4. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  5. The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 303.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 30992. p. 13001. 5 November, 1918.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 32959. p. 5638. 25 July, 1924.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 33362. p. 1494. 2 March, 1928.

Bibliography

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