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Admiral SIR Nathaniel Bowden-Smith, K.C.B., Royal Navy (21 January, 1838 – 28 April, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Bowden-Smith was promoted to the rank of Commander on 26 June, 1866.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 29 May, 1872.[2]

Bowden-Smith was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 June, 1888, vice Culme-Seymour.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 5 November, 1894.[4]

In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Erskine was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 22 June, 1897.[5] He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 26 October, 1899, vice Jones.[6] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List dated 21 January, 1903.[7]

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir N. Bowden-Smith" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 30 April, 1921. Issue 42708, col B, p. 12.
  • Retired Flag Officer, A [Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith] (1914). Naval Recollections: 1852 to 1914. London: Army & Navy Co-operative Society, Ltd..

Service Records

See Also


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard Wells
Captain of H.M.S. Britannia
1883 – 1886
Succeeded by
Frederick G. D. Bedford

Preceded by
Lord Charles Scott
Commander-in-Chief on the Australian Station
1892 – 1894
Succeeded by
Cyprian A. G. Bridge

Preceded by
Sir Charles F. Hotham
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1899 – 1900
Succeeded by
Sir William R. Kennedy

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Richard Wells
Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. Britannia
20 Sep, 1883[8] – ?
Succeeded by
Frederick G. D. Bedford
Preceded by
Charles T. M. D. Scott
Commander-in-Chief, Australian Station
12 Sep, 1892[9] – ?
Succeeded by
Cyprian A. G. Bridge
Preceded by
Charles F. Hotham
Commander-in-Chief, at the Nore
13 Jul, 1899[10] – ?
Succeeded by
William R. Kennedy


Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 23132. p. 3736. 29 June, 1866.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 23863. p. 2577. 31 May, 1872.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 25830. p. 3373. 19 June, 1888.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 26571. p. 6428. 16 November, 1894.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 26867. p. 3568. 25 June, 1897.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 27131. p. 6532. 31 October, 1899.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27518. p. 466. 23 January, 1903.
  8. Bowden-Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 127.
  9. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 90.
  10. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 86.

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