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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Allan Frederic Everett|Allan F. Everett]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Allan Frederic Everett|Allan F. Everett]]''' | ||
| − | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[H.M.S. Neptune (1909)| | + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[H.M.S. Neptune (1909)|Captain of<br>H.M.S. ''Neptune'']]'''<br>1913 – 1914 |
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Allen Thomas Hunt|Allen T. Hunt]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Allen Thomas Hunt|Allen T. Hunt]]''' | ||
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''New Command''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''New Command''' | ||
| − | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)| | + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[H.M.S. Iron Duke (1912)|Captain of<br>H.M.S. ''Iron Duke'']]'''<br>1914 – 1915 |
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic Dreyer]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic Dreyer]]''' | ||
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Revision as of 04:37, 27 September 2012
Rear-Admiral Robert Neale Lawson, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (8 March, 1873 – 11 August, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Robert Neale Lawson was born on 8 March, 1873, the son of the Reverend R. Lawson.
Captain
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1912, aged thirty-nine.
On 9 May, 1913, he became Flag Captain to Admiral Callaghan in Neptune,[1] and transferred to H.M.S. Iron Duke on 10 March, 1914, when that ship became flagship of the Home Fleets. After Callaghan's supersession on 4 August, he served as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe. He was relieved by Captain Frederic C. Dreyer on 24 October, 1915.
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 3 June, 1918.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 12 May, 1913. Issue 40209, col B, p. 3.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30723. p. 6527. 3 June, 1918.
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Allan F. Everett |
Captain of H.M.S. Neptune 1913 – 1914 |
Succeeded by Allen T. Hunt |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Iron Duke 1914 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Frederic Dreyer |
