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Niblett was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 March, 1874.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24082/pages/1923 no. 24082.  p. 1923.]  31 March, 1874.</ref>
 
Niblett was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 March, 1874.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24082/pages/1923 no. 24082.  p. 1923.]  31 March, 1874.</ref>
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Niblett was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1887.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25660/pages/6612 no. 25660.  p. 6612.]  31 December, 1886.</ref>
  
 
Niblett was appointed Commander of the battleship [[H.M.S. Victoria (1887)|''Victoria'']], flag ship of the [[Mediterranean Station]], on 14 November, 1889.<ref>''Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 263.</ref>
 
Niblett was appointed Commander of the battleship [[H.M.S. Victoria (1887)|''Victoria'']], flag ship of the [[Mediterranean Station]], on 14 November, 1889.<ref>''Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 263.</ref>

Revision as of 03:09, 12 May 2011

Admiral Harry Seawell Frank Niblett, C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (31 October, 1852 – 26 December, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Niblett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 March, 1874.[1]

Niblett was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1887.[2]

Niblett was appointed Commander of the battleship Victoria, flag ship of the Mediterranean Station, on 14 November, 1889.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1892.[4]

Niblett was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 5 November, 1908, vice May.[5]

He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 27 April, 1910.[6]

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 20 March, 1913.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 24082. p. 1923. 31 March, 1874.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25660. p. 6612. 31 December, 1886.
  3. ↑ Navy List (March, 1891). p. 263.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26309. p. 4187. 22 July, 1892.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28193. p. 8028. 6 November, 1908.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28362. p. 3063. 3 May, 1910.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28703. p. 2159. 21 March, 1913.

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 29 December, 1939. Issue 48499, col E, pg. 9.

Service Records

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