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==Early Life & Career==
 
==Early Life & Career==
 
Aldrich was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 11 September, 1866.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23162/pages/5031 no. 23162.  p. 5031.]  14 September, 1866.</ref>
 
Aldrich was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 11 September, 1866.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23162/pages/5031 no. 23162.  p. 5031.]  14 September, 1866.</ref>
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Aldrich was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} for arctic services on 3 November, 1876.<ref name=sr>Service Record.  ADM 196/36.</ref>
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He was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 29 June, 1883.<ref name=sr/>
  
 
Aldrich was appointed in command of the first-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Hawke (1891)|''Hawke'']] on 16 May, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 4 May, 1893.  Issue '''33942''', col E, pg. 6.</ref>
 
Aldrich was appointed in command of the first-class protected cruiser [[H.M.S. Hawke (1891)|''Hawke'']] on 16 May, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 4 May, 1893.  Issue '''33942''', col E, pg. 6.</ref>

Revision as of 17:34, 8 May 2012

Admiral Pelham Aldrich, C.V.O., Royal Navy (8 December, 1844 – 12 November, 1930) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Aldrich was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 11 September, 1866.[1]

Aldrich was promoted to the rank of Commander for arctic services on 3 November, 1876.[2]

He was promoted to Captain on 29 June, 1883.[2]

Aldrich was appointed in command of the first-class protected cruiser Hawke on 16 May, 1893.[3]

Aldrich was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 21 December, 1898, vice Drummond.[4]

On 6 August, 1899, the First Lord of the Admiralty, George J. Goschen, wrote to the First Naval Lord, Sir Frederick W. Richards, "I omitted to mention when I saw you on Friday that I was offering Portsmouth Dockyard to Aldrich, and Chatham to Holland, both from all that I have heard admirable men …"[5]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral dated 12 August, 1903, vice Rawson.[6]

Aldrich was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 March, 1907.[7] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, on 22 March, 1908.[8]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 23162. p. 5031. 14 September, 1866.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Service Record. ADM 196/36.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 4 May, 1893. Issue 33942, col E, pg. 6.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27041. p. 148. 10 January, 1899.
  5. The Naval Review (November, 1933). XXI (4). p. 790.
  6. London Gazette: no. 27589. p. 5223. 18 August, 1903.
  7. London Gazette: no. 28001. p. 1574. 5 March, 1907.
  8. London Gazette: no. 28122. p. 2260. 24 March, 1908.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Aldrich" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 15 November, 1930. Issue 45671, col D, pg. 14.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ernest Rice
Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard
1899 – 1902
Succeeded by
Reginald F. H. Henderson