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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Hydrographer of the Navy" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Hydrographer of the Navy}}
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Hydrographer of the Navy" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William James Lloyd Wharton|nick=Sir William J. L. Wharton|appt=1 August, 1884<ref>Wharton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1447.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Francis Beaufort|nick=Sir Francis Beaufort|appt=1829|end=1855}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Mostyn Field|nick=Arthur M. Field|appt=1 August, 1904<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 456.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Washington|nick=John Washington|appt=1855|end=1863}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Vice-Admiral|name=George Henry Richards|nick=Sir George H. Richards|appt=1863|end=1874}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick John Owen Evans|nick=Sir Frederick J. O. Evans|appt=1874|end=1884}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William James Lloyd Wharton|nick=Sir William J. L. Wharton|appt=1 August, 1884<ref>Wharton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1447.</ref>|end=1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Mostyn Field|nick=Arthur M. Field|appt=1 August, 1904<ref>Field Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 456.</ref>|end=1909}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Edward Purey-Cust|nick=Herbert E. Purey-Cust|appt=16 August, 1909<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Herbert Edward Purey-Cust|nick=Herbert E. Purey-Cust|appt=16 August, 1909<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=31 August, 1914<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Franklin Parry|nick=Sir John F. Parry|appt=31 August, 1914<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>|end=1 September, 1919<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John Franklin Parry|nick=Sir John F. Parry|appt=31 August, 1914<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>|end=1 September, 1919<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Learmonth|nick=Frederick C. Learmonth|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>Learmonth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 346.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederick Charles Learmonth|nick=Frederick C. Learmonth|appt=1 September, 1919<ref>Learmonth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 346.</ref>|end=1924}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=after 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=1 October, 1924|end=1 October, 1932}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=1 October, 1932{{NLMay39|p. 532}}|end=1945}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt|nick=Arthur G. N. Wyatt|appt=1945|end=1950}}
 
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Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy}}
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Edward Purey-Cust|nick=Herbert E. Purey-Cust|appt=1 October, 1907<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=16 August, 1909<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Edward Purey-Cust|nick=Herbert E. Purey-Cust|appt=1 October, 1907<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>|end=16 August, 1909<ref>Purey-Cust Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 277.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Monro|nick=Charles E. Monro|appt=14 December, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 14 January, 1910.  Issue '''39169''', col C, p. 4.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Monro|nick=Charles E. Monro|appt=6 September, 1909|end=17 November, 1909|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Monro|nick=Charles E. Monro|appt=14 December, 1909<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 14 January, 1910.  Issue '''39169''', col C, p. 4.</ref>|end=April, 1910}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Franklin Parry|nick=John F. Parry|appt=28 April, 1910<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Franklin Parry|nick=John F. Parry|appt=28 April, 1910<ref>Parry Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Nelson-Ward|nick=Philip Nelson-Ward|appt=11 December, 1912<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190/378.</ref>|end=1916<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190/378.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Nelson-Ward|nick=Philip Nelson-Ward|appt=11 December, 1912<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190/378.</ref>|end=1916<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 190/378.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Clifford Hardy|nick=Ernest C. Hardy|appt=1916{{NLDec18|p. 1818}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Clifford Hardy|nick=Ernest C. Hardy|appt=1 September, 1914|end=1 February, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=1 February, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 1818}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=1 February, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 1818}}|end=|note=this may be Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Robert Woodyear Glennie|nick=Robert W. Glennie|appt=1 August, 1921<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|D7576527}} f. 26.</ref>|end=1 September, 1924<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|D7576527}} f. 26.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 September, 1924<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=23 February, 1928<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=24 January, 1930<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=29 May, 1931|end=1 October, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lambert Jackson|nick=Arthur L. Jackson|appt=|end=6 July, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Francis Bold Law|nick=Edward F. B. Law|appt=6 July, 1936|end=6 March, 1939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lambert Jackson|nick=Arthur L. Jackson|appt=|end=14 January, 1942}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}} (retired)|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=14 January, 1942<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=14 June, 1945<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|note=serving in rank of Captain}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:office1>
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The overlap between Hardy and Nelson-Ward should be examined.
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==Chief Civil Assistant to the Hydrographer==
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<div name=fredbot:officeCCA otitle="Chief Civil Assistant to the Hydrographer" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Fleet Paymaster|name=George William Underhill|nick=George W. Underhill|appt=|end=18 June, 1897<ref>Frederick Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/411.|D7601148}} f. 483.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=George Charles Frederick|nick=George C. Frederick|appt=18 June, 1897<ref>Frederick Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/38/411.|D7601148}} f. 483.</ref>|end=}}
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</div name=fredbot:officeCCA>
  
 
==Naval Assistants to the Hydrographer==
 
==Naval Assistants to the Hydrographer==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer of the Navy" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer of the Navy}}
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<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer of the Navy" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Woodyear Glennie|nick=Robert W. Glennie|appt=7 November, 1913{{NLDec13|p. 357}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Llewellyn Styles Dawson|nick=Llewellyn S. Dawson|appt=1 October, 1876|end=}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Staff {{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Henry Rendle Harris|nick=Henry R. Harris|appt=3 February, 1874|end=7 November, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Pirie|nick=George Pirie|appt=7 November, 1893{{NMI|Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095}}|end=1 July, 1894}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Morris Henry Smyth|nick=Morris H. Smyth|appt=1 July, 1894|end=1 July, 1897}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Cecil Frederick Oldham|nick=Cecil F. Oldham|appt=1 July, 1897|end=4 September, 1904}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Woodyear Glennie|nick=Robert W. Glennie|appt=1 April, 1904<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|D7576527}} f. 26.</ref>|end=1 February, 1905<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|D7576527}} f. 26.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=12 June, 1906|end=26 September, 1906}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Lewis Frederick Blackburn|nick=Lewis F. Blackburn|appt=8 July, 1907|end=15 January, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Montagu Marston|nick=Guy M. Marston|appt=2 January, 1908|end=10 November, 1910}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Philip Colquhoun Pearson|nick=Philip C. Pearson|appt=11 February, 1908|end=11 October, 1914}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=18 March, 1909|end=11 May, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vivian Ronald Brandon|nick=Vivian R. Brandon|appt=11 July, 1910|end=27 January, 1911}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Woodyear Glennie|nick=Robert W. Glennie|appt=7 November, 1913<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|D7576527}} f. 26.</ref>{{NLDec13|p. 357}}|end=16 December, 1913<ref>Glennie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/26.|D7576527}} f. 26.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 March, 1914<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=17 February, 1915<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=21 February, 1915|end=28 January, 1916|note=temporary until 9 July, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arthur Ward Torlesse|nick=Arthur W. Torlesse|appt=24 February, 1917<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>|end=1 May, 1919<ref>Torlesse Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/547.| D7579004}} f. 1312.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Balfour Cloete|nick=Edward B. Cloete|appt=19 June, 1918|end=6 May, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Oswald Tylston Hodgson|nick=Oswald T. Hodgson|appt=20 January, 1920|end=5 July, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wills Tinson|nick=Charles W. Tinson|appt=28 October, 1925|end=4 August, 1926|note=became ill with career-ending lung condition}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Perfect Meredith Lewes|nick=Arthur P. M. Lewes|appt=4 August, 1926|end=19 April, 1934|note=temporarily, initially, while Tinson was ill}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Stewart Erskine Maxwell|nick=Patrick S. E. Maxwell|appt=11 July, 1931|end=15 April, 1936}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Sidney Arthur Geary Hill|nick=Sidney A. Geary Hill|appt=15 December, 1927<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>|end=5 August, 1943<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>|note=this was extended repeatedly}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 August, 1940<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=14 January, 1942<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|note=serving in rank of Commander}}
 
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Note:  there seem to have been multiple men in this role, and so it is not, strictly, correct to link them in chains of succession at the foot of each man's page.
  
 
==Directors of Navigation==
 
==Directors of Navigation==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:office3 otitle="Director of Navigation" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Director of Navigation}}
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<div name=fredbot:office3 otitle="Director of Navigation" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Philip Nelson-Ward|nick=Philip Nelson-Ward|appt=11 December, 1912<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 378.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Philip Nelson-Ward|nick=Philip Nelson-Ward|appt=11 December, 1912<ref>Nelson-Ward Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 378.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Alexander Webster|nick=John A. Webster|appt=8 August, 1916<ref>Schofield.  p. 190.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Alexander Webster|nick=John A. Webster|appt=8 August, 1916<ref>Schofield.  p. 190.</ref>|end=1 August, 1919}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ernest Troyte Harper|nick=John E. T. Harper|appt=1 August, 1919<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 507.</ref>|end=15 November, 1921<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 507.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Ernest Troyte Harper|nick=John E. T. Harper|appt=1 August, 1919<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 507.</ref>|end=15 November, 1921<ref>Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 507.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|nick=Frederick P. Loder-Symonds|appt=mid November, 1921{{CN}}<ref>Approximate date (only) inferred by superceded predecessor.  Harper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 507.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|nick=Frederick P. Loder-Symonds|appt=15 November, 1921<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>|end=30 November, 1923<ref>Loder-Symonds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/186.|D7602972}} f. 212.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Charles Strutt|nick=Arthur C. Strutt|appt=30 November, 1923{{INF}}|end=30 November, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alfred Headley Norman|nick=Alfred H. Norman|appt=30 November, 1925|end=30 November, 1927}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=30 November, 1927<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Oswald Henry Dawson|nick=Oswald H. Dawson|appt=30 November, 1927<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 384.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton|nick=Kenelm E. L. Creighton|appt=1929<ref>"Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 28 February, 1963.  Issue '''55637''', col E, pg. 12.</ref>|end=1931<ref>"Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 28 February, 1963.  Issue '''55637''', col E, pg. 12.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton|nick=Kenelm E. L. Creighton|appt=1929<ref>"Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 28 February, 1963.  Issue '''55637''', col E, pg. 12.</ref>|end=1931<ref>"Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 28 February, 1963.  Issue '''55637''', col E, pg. 12.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=1933<ref>"Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 May, 1952.  Issue '''52314''', col E, pg. 8.</ref>|end=2 October, 1935<ref>Superseded that day.  Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Wittewronge Clayton|nick=John W. Clayton|appt=1933<ref>"Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 17 May, 1952.  Issue '''52314''', col E, pg. 8.</ref>|end=2 October, 1935<ref>Superseded that day.  Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=2 October, 1935<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=2 July, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Gordon Benn|nick=William G. Benn|appt=2 October, 1935<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>|end=2 July, 1938<ref>Benn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/66.|D7605153}} f. 424.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
 
 
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[[Arthur Charles Strutt]] may also have held this position.{{FC}}
 
  
 
==Superintendents of Charts==
 
==Superintendents of Charts==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
<div name=fredbot:office4 otitle="Superintendent of Charts" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Superintendent of Charts}}
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<div name=fredbot:office4 otitle="Superintendent of Charts" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Charles Learmonth|nick=Frederick C. Learmonth|appt=24 April, 1908<ref>Learmonth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 346.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Charles Learmonth|nick=Frederick C. Learmonth|appt=24 April, 1908<ref>Learmonth Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 346.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=before March, 1913{{NLMar13|p. 22}}|end=after January, 1915{{NLJan15|p. 102}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Percy Douglas|nick=Henry P. Douglas|appt=11 July, 1910|end=11 February, 1915}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=before January, 1917{{NLJan17|p. 173}}|end=mid 1918{{NLJul18|pp. 340, 1818 disagree on Nares and Edgell}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=17 February, 1915<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>|end=1 September, 1917<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=mid 1918{{NLDec18|p. 59}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=1 September, 1917|end=1 November, 1920}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 November, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 1818}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Dodd Nares|nick=John D. Nares|appt=1 November, 1920<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 1818}}|end=1 March, 1923<ref>Nares Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/385.|D7603169}} f. 435.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Augustine Edgell|nick=John A. Edgell|appt=1 March, 1923|end=1 April, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Edmund Blechynden Haselfoot|nick=Francis E. B. Haselfoot|appt=|end=26 April, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Patrick Stewart Erskine Maxwell|nick=Patrick S. E. Maxwell|appt=26 April, 1927|end=8 February, 1929}}
 
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Revision as of 16:44, 11 December 2018

Hydrographers of the Navy

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Assistant Hydrographers

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The overlap between Hardy and Nelson-Ward should be examined.

Chief Civil Assistant to the Hydrographer

Dates of appointment given:

Naval Assistants to the Hydrographer

Dates of appointment given:

Note: there seem to have been multiple men in this role, and so it is not, strictly, correct to link them in chains of succession at the foot of each man's page.

Directors of Navigation

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Superintendents of Charts

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Wharton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1447.
  2. Field Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 456.
  3. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  4. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  5. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
  6. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
  7. Learmonth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 346.
  8. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 532.
  9. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  10. Purey-Cust Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 277.
  11. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 14 January, 1910. Issue 39169, col C, p. 4.
  12. Parry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 169.
  13. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190/378.
  14. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 190/378.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
  16. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  17. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  18. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  19. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  20. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  21. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  22. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  23. Frederick Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 483.
  24. Frederick Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/38/411. f. 483.
  25. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095.
  26. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, Oct 30, 1893; pg. 7; Issue 34095.
  27. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  28. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  29. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 357.
  31. Glennie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/26. f. 26.
  32. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  33. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  34. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  35. Torlesse Service Record. The National Archives. D7579004 ADM 196/39/547. f. 1312.
  36. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  37. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  38. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  39. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  40. Nelson-Ward Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 378.
  41. Schofield. p. 190.
  42. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
  43. Harper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 507.
  44. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  45. Loder-Symonds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/186. f. 212.
  46. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 384.
  47. "Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 28 February, 1963. Issue 55637, col E, pg. 12.
  48. "Sir Kenelm Creighton" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 28 February, 1963. Issue 55637, col E, pg. 12.
  49. "Rear-Admiral J. W. Clayton" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 17 May, 1952. Issue 52314, col E, pg. 8.
  50. Superseded that day. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  51. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  52. Benn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/66. f. 424.
  53. Learmonth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 346.
  54. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  55. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  56. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.
  57. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
  58. Nares Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/385. f. 435.

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