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==Life & Career== | ==Life & Career== | ||
Foote was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1884.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25372/pages/3009 no. 25372. p. 3009.] 1 July, 1884.</ref> | Foote was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1884.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25372/pages/3009 no. 25372. p. 3009.] 1 July, 1884.</ref> | ||
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==Flag Rank== | ==Flag Rank== | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 8 May 2011
Admiral SIR Randolph Frank Ollive Foote, K.C.B., C.M.G., Royal Navy, Retired (14 May, 1853 – 28 November, 1931) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Foote was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1884.[1]
Foote was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1891.[2]
Flag Rank
Foote was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 March, 1904, vice Dyke Acland.[3]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 22 March, 1908, vice Dyke Acland.[4] He was placed on the Retired List on 15 March, 1911,[5] and advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 18 September.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25372. p. 3009. 1 July, 1884.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26188. p. 4069. 31 July, 1891.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27659. p. 1791. 18 March, 1904.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28122. p. 2261. 24 March, 1908.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28476. p. 2233. 17 March, 1911.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28533. p. 6949. 22 September, 1911.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir R. Foote" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 1 December, 1931. Issue 45994, col A, pg. 19.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
Categories:
- 1853 births
- 1931 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of May, 1867
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Inspectors of Warlike Stores (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Forte (1893)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Repulse (1892)
- Members of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to King Edward VII
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Ocean (1898)
- Vice-Presidents of the Ordnance Committee (Royal Navy)
- Presidents of the Ordnance Board (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
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