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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Stanley Cecil James Colville|nick=The Hon. Sir Stanley C. J. Colville|appt=17 February, 1916{{NLNov18|p. 2}}|end=31 March, 1919<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579032}} f. 292.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Stanley Cecil James Colville|nick=The Hon. Sir Stanley C. J. Colville|appt=17 February, 1916{{NLNov18|p. 2}}|end=31 March, 1919<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579032}} f. 292.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Sir Cecil Burney, Bart.|appt=31 March, 1919<ref>"Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 27 March, 1919.  Issue '''42059''', col F, p. 13.</ref>|end=28 April, 1920<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 181.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Cecil Burney, First Baronet|nick=Sir Cecil Burney, Bart.|appt=31 March, 1919<ref>"Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 27 March, 1919.  Issue '''42059''', col F, p. 13.</ref>|end=28 April, 1920<ref>Burney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}} f. 181.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe|appt=28 April, 1920<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 April, 1920.  Issue '''42396''', col G, p. 6.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|nick=The Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe|appt=28 April, 1920<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 April, 1920.  Issue '''42396''', col G, p. 6.</ref><ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 203.</ref>|end=28 April, 1923<ref>Gough-Calthorpe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 203.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sir Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=28 April, 1923<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 28 April, 1923.  Issue '''43327''', col G, p. 15.</ref>|end=28 April, 1926<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 293.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sir Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=28 April, 1923<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 28 April, 1923.  Issue '''43327''', col G, p. 15.</ref>|end=28 April, 1926<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 293.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Sir Osmond de B. Brock|appt=28 April, 1926<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 April, 1926.  Issue '''44257''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Admiral|name=Osmond de Beauvoir Brock|nick=Sir Osmond de B. Brock|appt=28 April, 1926<ref>"Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 28 April, 1926.  Issue '''44257''', col E, p. 10.</ref>}}

Revision as of 12:01, 13 February 2015

The Portsmouth Station was one of the three Home Ports of the Royal Navy. It encompassed Portsmouth Royal Dockyard and ships not attached to other fleets. Command-in-Chief of the port command was usually vested in an Admiral.

Commanders-in-Chief, Portsmouth

Dates of appointment given:

Flag Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Philip Howard Colomb (1831 – 1899) and Henry Coey Kane also held this position at some point.[Fact Check]

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1878). p. 125.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1880). p. 188.
  3. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  4. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  5. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  7. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  8. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 85.
  9. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/16. f. 821.
  10. Hotham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 636.
  11. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15. f. 9.
  12. "Important Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 June, 1904. Issue 37425, col A, p. 10.
  13. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 February, 1907. Issue 38252, col B, p. 9.
  14. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 443.
  15. Fanshawe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/17. f. 90.
  16. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 275.
  17. Curzon-Howe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 529.
  18. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 1296/39. f. 915.
  19. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 July, 1912. Issue 39952, col D, p. 13.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 2.
  21. Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 292.
  22. "Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue 42059, col F, p. 13.
  23. Burney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 181.
  24. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1920. Issue 42396, col G, p. 6.
  25. Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
  26. Gough-Calthorpe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 203.
  27. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 28 April, 1923. Issue 43327, col G, p. 15.
  28. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 293.
  29. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 28 April, 1926. Issue 44257, col E, p. 10.
  30. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 29 April, 1929. Issue 45189, col E, p. 21.
  31. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 June, 1931. Issue 45844, col C, p. 20.
  32. Waistell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 244.
  33. "Portsmouth Command Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 June, 1933. Issue 46473, col F, p. 12.
  34. Fisher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 231.
  35. "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 3 July, 1937. Issue 47727, col F, p. 14.
  36. "Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 17 February, 1939. Issue 48232, col F, p. 4.
  37. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268g.
  38. May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 860.
  39. Bridgeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 167.
  40. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 310.
  41. Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 202.
  42. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 29a
  43. Moore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 64.
  44. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  45. Baker-Baker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 118.
  46. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  47. Hutchison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 132.
  48. Alexander-Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 361.
  49. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 390.

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