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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]]'''<br>1904 &ndash; 1905
 
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]]'''<br>1904 &ndash; 1905
 
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe|John R. Jellicoe]]'''
 
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Revision as of 10:24, 28 August 2011

Vice-Admiral SIR Henry Deacon Barry, K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (27 November, 1849 – 14 November, 1908) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Barry was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 23 September, 1873.[1]

Barry was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1892.[2]

Barry was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 October, 1904.[3]

On the occasion of the visit of the French fleet to Britain Barry was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 11 August, 1905.[4]

On the occasion of the King's visit to Portsmouth to launch the battleship Dreadnought Barry was appointed a Knight Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) on 10 February, 1906.[5]

Barry was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 July, 1908, vice Craigie.[6]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 24020. p. 4329. 26 September, 1873.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26309. p. 4187. 22 July, 1892.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27720. p. 6441. 7 October, 1904.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27826. p. 5532. 11 August, 1905.
  5. London Gazette: no. 27885. p. 1037. 13 February, 1906.
  6. London Gazette: no. 28156. p. 4940. 7 July, 1908.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Sir H. D. Barry" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 16 November, 1908. Issue 38805, col C, pg. 13.

Service Record


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Angus MacLeod
Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes
1904 – 1905
Succeeded by
John R. Jellicoe
Preceded by
Reginald F. H. Henderson
Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard
1905 – 1906
Succeeded by
Charles G. Robinson