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He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 18 October, 1906, vice [[Charles Campbell|Campbell]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27960/pages/7110 no. 27960.  p. 7110.]  23 October, 1906.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 18 October, 1906, vice [[Charles Campbell|Campbell]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27960/pages/7110 no. 27960.  p. 7110.]  23 October, 1906.</ref>
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Durnford succeeded Admiral [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe]] as President of the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] on 23 March, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 18 February, 1908.  Issue '''38572''', col E, pg. 10.</ref>  He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 22 July, 1910, vice [[Angus MacLeod|MacLeod]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28400/pages/5396 no. 28400.  p. 5396.]  26 July, 1910.</ref>
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Durnford succeeded Admiral [[Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe|Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe]] as President of the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]] on 23 March, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 18 February, 1908.  Issue '''38572''', col E, pg. 10.</ref>  He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 22 July, 1910, vice [[Angus MacLeod|MacLeod]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28400/pages/5396 no. 28400.  p. 5396.]  26 July, 1910.</ref>  He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 10 May, 1913.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28718/pages/3438 no. 28718.  p. 3438.]  13 May, 1913.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 05:46, 3 April 2011

Admiral SIR John Durnford, G.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (6 February, 1849 – 13 June, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Durnford was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1888.[1]

He was appointed Captain of H.M.S. Vernon on 12 November, 1895. [2]

Flag Rank

Durnford was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1902.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 18 October, 1906, vice Campbell.[4] Durnford succeeded Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 23 March, 1908.[5] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 July, 1910, vice MacLeod.[6] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 10 May, 1913.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25837. p. 3826. 13 July, 1888.
  2. ↑ Blond. Technology and Tradition. p. 167.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27960. p. 7110. 23 October, 1906.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 18 February, 1908. Issue 38572, col E, pg. 10.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28400. p. 5396. 26 July, 1910.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28718. p. 3438. 13 May, 1913.

Bibliography

  • "Death of Sir John Durnford" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 15 June, 1914. Issue 40550, col B, pg. 12.

Service Record


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Arthur W. Moore 		Junior Naval Lord
1901 – 1904 		Succeeded by
Frederick S. Inglefield
Preceded by
Sir Arthur W. Moore 		Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station
1904 – 1907 		Succeeded by
Sir Edmund S. Poë
Preceded by
Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe 		President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1908 – 1911 		Succeeded by
Sir Frederic W. Fisher
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