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[[File:Goodenough in the 2BS.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Admiral Sir William Goodenough as Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron.<br><small>Photo: Imperial War Museum.</small>]]
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[[File:Goodenough, NPG x88133.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 1919.<br><small>Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.</small>]]
  
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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''William Edmund Goodenough''', G.C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (2 June, 1867 &ndash; 30 January, 1945) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. he is chiefly remembered for his service in command of light cruisers during the [[First World War]].
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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''William Edmund Goodenough''', {{Post-Nominals|country=GBR-cats|G.C.B.m|M.V.O.4}} [[:Category:Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society|F.R.G.S.]], R.N. (2 June, 1867 &ndash; 30 January, 1945) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]]. He is chiefly remembered for his service in command of light cruisers during the [[First World War]].
  
 
==Early Life & Career==
 
==Early Life & Career==
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William Edmund Goodenough was born in Portsmouth on 2 June, 1867, the son of Captain James G. Goodenough, R.N. and Victoria Henrietta Hamilton. While serving as Commodore on the [[Australian Station]] his father died on 20 August, 1875, after being wounded by natives on the island of Santa Cruz in the Solomon Islands. On 15 January, 1880, he joined the training ship [[H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)|''Britannia'']] at Dartmouth. He left on 23 December, 1881, with two months' time out of a possible twelve towards being rated as a {{MidRN}}. He was appointed to the cruiser ''Northampton'' on the [[North America and West Indies Station]] on 10 January, 1882.
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Goodenough was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 23 August, 1889.{{Gaz|25969|4738|30 August, 1889}}
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He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} with seniority of 30 June, 1900.{{Gaz|27211|4433|17 July, 1900}}
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Goodenough was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1905, upon the retirement of [[Walter Talbot Kerr|Lord Walter Kerr]] as First Sea Lord.{{Gaz|27750|25|3 January, 1905}}
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Albemarle|f=t}} on 25 August, 1907.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 433.</ref>
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Goodenough was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vengeance|f=t}} on 12 September, 1908.{{NLOct08|p. 389}}
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He served as captain of {{UK-1Duncan}} from December 1908 until August of 1910.{{MackieRNW}}
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Cochrane|f=t}} on 3 January, 1911.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42}}.  f. 433.</ref>
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On 5 July 1913, Goodenough was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Southampton|f=t}} as she was transferring to the {{UK-LCS|1}},{{NLApr14|p. 375}}  a command he'd retain until the end of 1916.
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==
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At the beginning of the war, in the action in the [[Battle of the Heligoland Bight|Heligoland Bight]] on 28 August, 1914, Goodenough with six light cruisers under him took a large part in the fighting including sinking the light cruiser ''Mainz''.  He was next in action during the [[Action of 16 December, 1914|German raid on Scarborough]] in December, 1914, when in low visibility he got to within 3,000 yards of a German light cruiser, part of a large force, when a misunderstanding over a signal to other ships caused him to break off his contact. This cost the opportunity for the British to engage the enemy fleet, and Goodenough received a great deal of blame for this, perhaps unfairly. His position was only saved by Jellicoe and Churchill.
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He commanded the {{UK-LCS|2}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]] from the bridge of his flagship, the {{UK-1Southampton|f=t}}.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
  
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Things went somewhat better six weeks later, when in attempting a similar undertaking the German battle cruisers were caught off the Dogger Bank on 24 January, 1915, and only escaped at the cost of severe damage and the loss of the Blücher. In the following May, on the advent of some new light cruisers to the Grand Fleet, Goodenough's squadron was renamed the [[Second Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Second Light Cruiser Squadron]]. In command of it and with his broad pennant still in the ''Southampton'', he took part in the [[Battle of Jutland]], and was commended in despatches for his tenacity in maintaining touch with and reporting the movements of enemy heavy ships. His bravery and persistence in the action has been held up as a "model for scouting admirals."<ref>Marder. ''Dreadnought to Scapa Flow''.  '''III'''.  p. 63.</ref>  It was from the ''Southampton'' that the presence of the German battle fleet, coming up to support the action begun an hour earlier, was first reported to Jellicoe and Beatty. The squadron became heavily engaged in a night action with German light forces, in the course of which the Southampton sustained very heavy damage and casualties but sank the German light cruiser ''Frauenlob''.
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In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Goodenough 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.).{{GazSup|29608|5553|2 June, 1916}} He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 June, 1916.{{GazSup|29629|6066|20 June, 1916}}
  
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In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Goodenough was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29608/supplements/5553 (Supplement) no. 29608.  p. 5553.]  2 June, 1916.</ref>  He was promoted to Flag Rank soon after Jutland, and in December of that year transferred to the ''Orion'' as Rear-Admiral of the Second Battle Squadron until the end of the war. Promoted K.C.B. at the new year, 1919, in May he became Admiral-Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard, and a year later was made Commander-in-Chief, Africa station, being promoted to {{ViceRN}} in July, 1920.
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Goodenough was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.{{GazSup|31099|106|1 January, 1919}} He struck his flag as Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron on 31 March, and on 1 May he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of [[Chatham Dockyard]]. On 26 May, 1920, he ceased duty at Chatham and on the same day was appointed [[Cape of Good Hope Station|Commander-in-Chief on the Africa Station]].<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/428.}}</ref> He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 31 July.{{Gaz|32017|8408|13 August, 1920}}
  
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In August, 1922 Goodenough returned home and, after a short period in command of the Reserve Fleet, in March, 1924 he was appointed [[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]] for a term of three years, being promoted {{AdmRN}} in May, 1925.  He was appointed [[First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King George V on 6 October, 1929. On 23 May, 1930, he was placed on the Retired List.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33608/pages/3233 no. 33608.  p. 3233.]  23 May, 1930.</ref>
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Goodenough struck his flag as Command in Chief, [[Cape of Good Hope Station|Africa Station]] on 2 August, 1922 and embarked on S.S. ''Windsor Castle'' to return to England two days later.<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/428.}}</ref> On 3 October, 1923, he was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding the [[Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)|Reserve Fleet]], which command he held until 4 March, 1924. The following day he was appointed [[Nore Station|Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]. He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 8 May, 1925, vice [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|Gough-Calthorpe]].{{Gaz|33049|3445|22 May, 1925}} Following the death of the [[Second Sea Lord]], [[Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|Sir Michael Culme-Seymour]], on 2 April, he was apparently offered the position but declined it according to [[Vincent Wilberforce Baddeley|Sir Vincent W. Baddeley]], at the time First Principal Assistant Secretary to the Board of Admiralty.<ref>Baddeley. "Goodenough, Sir William Edmund." ''Dictionary of National Biography''.</ref> Goodenough handed over command at the Nore on 16 May, 1927.<ref>Goodenough Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43/428.}}</ref>
  
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For his war service Goodenough was appointed to the order of St Vladimir, third class with swords, and the order of the Rising Sun of Japan, second class, and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre (bronze palm). After retirement he revived the great interest he had taken in the Royal Geographical Society. His maternal grandfather had several times been president and his great-grandfather, William Richard Hamilton, was one of the founders. Goodenough was a fellow of the society from 1897, a member of its council in 1924–7 and 1939–42, vice-president in 1933–9 and from 1943, and president in 1930–33. In this role he was said to be "always ready to defend the cause of primitive peoples exposed to contact with more advanced civilization" (Clerk, 79), and he was a supporter of the Melanesian mission and the Fairbridge farm schools. The society prospered under his presidency and it was said that among "the many great names in our records there is none who has a greater claim to be held in lasting and loving memory" (Clerk, 79). Goodenough was also chairman of the British Sailors' Society, on whose behalf he addressed letters to ''The Times'', urging the need for improving the conditions of the merchant service, and he represented the corporation of London on the Port of London Authority.
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On 23 May, 1930, he was placed on the Retired List.{{Gaz|33608|3233|23 May, 1930}}
  
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Goodenough was throughout his navy career a highly competent and distinguished seaman, "a superb tactician" (Marder, 1.408) who was also "more talkative than most of his kind … full of enthusiasm" (ibid., 2.13), and he received great respect from both the officers and men in the vessels he commanded. Towards the end of his career he began to express a great deal of criticism of the administration of the Admiralty. But when in 1925, on the death of the [[Second Sea Lord]], Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, he was invited by W. C. Bridgeman to take his place on the board, Goodenough declined this opportunity to redress some of the faults he had perceived. Goodenough died at his home, Parson's Pightle, Coulsdon, Surrey, on 30 January, 1945.
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He died on 30 January, 1945.
  
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==Footnotes==
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==See Also==
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*[[Second L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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*"Admiral Sir William Goodenough" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 31 January, 1945.  Issue '''50055''', col C, pg. 7.
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*"Admiral Sir William Goodenough" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 31 January, 1945.  Issue '''50055''', col C, p. 7.
 
*Goodenough, Admiral Sir William (1943).  ''A Rough Record''.  London: Hutchinson & Co..
 
*Goodenough, Admiral Sir William (1943).  ''A Rough Record''.  London: Hutchinson & Co..
 
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==Service Record==
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==Papers==
 
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*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7894557&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/42.]
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*Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum.
 
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==Service Records==
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*{{TNA|ADM 196/88.|D8115450}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair|Dudley R. S. de Chair]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Colossus (1910)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Colossus'']]'''<br>10 Aug, 1912<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref> &ndash; 5 Jul, 1913<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[George Walter Smith|George W. Smith]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan D. W. Napier]]'''|'''[[Second Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Commodore Second Class Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron]]'''<br>8 Feb, 1915{{SMNLMar15|p. 6}} &ndash; 5 Dec, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Cecil Foley Lambert|Cecil F. Lambert]]'''<br><small>as '''Commodore First Class Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron'''</small>}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|Edward A. Rushton]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Southampton (1912)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Southampton'']]'''<br>21 Jun, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref> &ndash; ''c''. 5 Nov, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[William Edmund Goodenough|William E. Goodenough]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Mortimer L'Estrange Silver|Mortimer L'E. Silver]]'''|'''[[H.M.A.S. Melbourne (1912)|Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Melbourne'']]'''<br>5 Nov, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref> &ndash; ''c''. 17 Nov, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|Edward A. Rushton]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[William Edmund Goodenough|William E. Goodenough]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Southampton (1912)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Southampton'']]'''<br>18 Nov, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref> &ndash; 5 Dec, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 433.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Halton Stirling Lecky|Halton S. Lecky]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Arthur C. Leveson]]'''|'''[[Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Second Battle Squadron]]'''<br>5 Dec, 1916<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 433.</ref> &ndash; 31 Mar, 1919<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 433.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]]'''|'''[[Chatham Royal Dockyard|Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard]]'''<br>1 May, 1919<ref>"Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 1 May, 1919.  Issue '''42088''', col B, p. 19.</ref><ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 433.</ref> &ndash; 26 May, 1920<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 206.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Lewis Clinton-Baker|Lewis Clinton-Baker]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert]]'''<br><small>as '''Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station'''</small>|'''[[Cape of Good Hope Station|Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station]]'''<br>18 Jun, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 699-700}} &ndash; 2 Aug, 1922<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 206.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson]]'''|'''[[Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet]]'''<br>? &ndash; 4 Mar, 1924<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 206.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Victor Albert Stanley|The Hon. Sir Victor A. Stanley]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]]'''|'''[[Nore Station|Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]'''<br>5 Mar, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 257}}<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  p. 206.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Richard Fortescue Phillimore|Sir Richard F. Phillimore]]'''|'''[[First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp|First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp]]'''<br>6 Oct, 1929<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 206.</ref> &ndash; 23 May, 1930<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 206.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]'''}}
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]]'''
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Stafford Fitzherbert, Thirteenth Baron Stafford|The Hon. Sir Edward S. Fitzherbert]]'''
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 6 April 2022

Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, 1919.
Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR William Edmund Goodenough, G.C.B., M.V.O. F.R.G.S., R.N. (2 June, 1867 – 30 January, 1945) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He is chiefly remembered for his service in command of light cruisers during the First World War.

Early Life & Career

William Edmund Goodenough was born in Portsmouth on 2 June, 1867, the son of Captain James G. Goodenough, R.N. and Victoria Henrietta Hamilton. While serving as Commodore on the Australian Station his father died on 20 August, 1875, after being wounded by natives on the island of Santa Cruz in the Solomon Islands. On 15 January, 1880, he joined the training ship Britannia at Dartmouth. He left on 23 December, 1881, with two months' time out of a possible twelve towards being rated as a Midshipman. He was appointed to the cruiser Northampton on the North America and West Indies Station on 10 January, 1882.

Goodenough was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 23 August, 1889.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander with seniority of 30 June, 1900.[2]

Goodenough was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1905, upon the retirement of Lord Walter Kerr as First Sea Lord.[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Albemarle on 25 August, 1907.[4]

Goodenough was appointed in command of the battleship Vengeance on 12 September, 1908.[5]

He served as captain of Duncan from December 1908 until August of 1910.[6]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Cochrane on 3 January, 1911.[7]

On 5 July 1913, Goodenough was appointed in command of the light cruiser Southampton as she was transferring to the First Light Cruiser Squadron,[8] a command he'd retain until the end of 1916.

Great War

He commanded the Second Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland from the bridge of his flagship, the light cruiser Southampton.[9]

In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Goodenough 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.).[10] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 June, 1916.[11]

Goodenough was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[12] He struck his flag as Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron on 31 March, and on 1 May he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard. On 26 May, 1920, he ceased duty at Chatham and on the same day was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Africa Station.[13] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 July.[14]

Goodenough struck his flag as Command in Chief, Africa Station on 2 August, 1922 and embarked on S.S. Windsor Castle to return to England two days later.[15] On 3 October, 1923, he was appointed Vice-Admiral Commanding the Reserve Fleet, which command he held until 4 March, 1924. The following day he was appointed Commander-in-Chief at the Nore. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1925, vice Gough-Calthorpe.[16] Following the death of the Second Sea Lord, Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, on 2 April, he was apparently offered the position but declined it according to Sir Vincent W. Baddeley, at the time First Principal Assistant Secretary to the Board of Admiralty.[17] Goodenough handed over command at the Nore on 16 May, 1927.[18]

On 23 May, 1930, he was placed on the Retired List.[19]

He died on 30 January, 1945.

See Also

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir William Goodenough" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 31 January, 1945. Issue 50055, col C, p. 7.
  • Goodenough, Admiral Sir William (1943). A Rough Record. London: Hutchinson & Co..

Papers

  • Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lawrence de W. Satow 		Captain of H.M.S. Espiegle
1 May, 1905[20] 		Succeeded by
Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
1 May, 1905[21] – 20 Aug, 1907[22] 		Succeeded by
Trevylyan D. W. Napier
Preceded by
Charles H. Cross 		Captain of Training Ship H.M.S. Britannia
1 May, 1905[23] – 20 Aug, 1907[24] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Robert F. Scott 		Captain of H.M.S. Albemarle
25 Aug, 1907[25][26] – 25 Aug, 1908[27] 		Succeeded by
Henry W. Grant
Preceded by
Charles E. Anson 		Captain of H.M.S. Vengeance
12 Sep, 1908[28][29] – 27 Nov, 1908[30] 		Succeeded by
Bentinck J. D. Yelverton
Preceded by
Arthur W. Ewart 		Captain of H.M.S. Duncan
27 Nov, 1908[31] – 9 Aug, 1910[32] 		Succeeded by
Frederick L. Field
Preceded by
Cecil S. Hickley 		Captain of H.M.S. Cochrane
3 Jan, 1911[33][34] – 10 Aug, 1912[35] 		Succeeded by
William G. E. Ruck-Keene
Preceded by
Dudley R. S. de Chair 		Captain of H.M.S. Colossus
10 Aug, 1912[36] – 5 Jul, 1913[37] 		Succeeded by
George W. Smith
Preceded by
Arthur A. M. Duff 		Captain of H.M.S. Southampton
5 Jul, 1913[38][39] – c. 6 Jun, 1916[40] 		Succeeded by
Edward A. Rushton
Preceded by
New Command 		Commodore 2nd Class Commanding, First Light Cruiser Squadron
5 Jul, 1913[41] – Feb, 1915[42] 		Succeeded by
Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair
as Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Light Cruiser Squadron
Preceded by
Trevylyan D. W. Napier 		Commodore Second Class Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron
8 Feb, 1915[43] – 5 Dec, 1916[44] 		Succeeded by
Cecil F. Lambert
as Commodore First Class Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron
Preceded by
Edward A. Rushton 		Captain of H.M.S. Southampton
21 Jun, 1916[45] – c. 5 Nov, 1916[46] 		Succeeded by
William E. Goodenough
Preceded by
Mortimer L'E. Silver 		Captain of H.M.A.S. Melbourne
5 Nov, 1916[47] – c. 17 Nov, 1916[48] 		Succeeded by
Edward A. Rushton
Preceded by
William E. Goodenough 		Captain of H.M.S. Southampton
18 Nov, 1916[49] – 5 Dec, 1916[50] 		Succeeded by
Halton S. Lecky
Preceded by
Arthur C. Leveson 		Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Second Battle Squadron
5 Dec, 1916[51] – 31 Mar, 1919[52] 		Succeeded by
Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson
Preceded by
Arthur D. Ricardo 		Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard
1 May, 1919[53][54] – 26 May, 1920[55] 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by
The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert
as Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station 		Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station
18 Jun, 1920[56] – 2 Aug, 1922[57] 		Succeeded by
Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck
Preceded by
Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson 		Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet
? – 4 Mar, 1924[58] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Sir Victor A. Stanley
Preceded by
Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas 		Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
5 Mar, 1924[59][60] 		Succeeded by
Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair
Court Appointments
Preceded by
Sir Richard F. Phillimore 		First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
6 Oct, 1929[61] – 23 May, 1930[62] 		Succeeded by
Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25969. p. 4738. 30 August, 1889.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  4. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 375.
  9. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  13. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/428.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32017. p. 8408. 13 August, 1920.
  15. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/428.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
  17. ↑ Baddeley. "Goodenough, Sir William Edmund." Dictionary of National Biography.
  18. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/428.
  19. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33608. p. 3233. 23 May, 1930.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 309.
  21. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  22. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  23. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  24. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1908). p. 274.
  26. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  27. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 389.
  29. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  30. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  31. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  32. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  33. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 293.
  35. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  36. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  37. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398c.
  39. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  40. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  41. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 5.
  42. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  43. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1915). p. 6.
  44. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  45. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  46. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  47. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  48. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  49. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  50. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  51. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 433.
  52. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 433.
  53. ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 1 May, 1919. Issue 42088, col B, p. 19.
  54. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 433.
  55. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
  56. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 699-700.
  57. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
  58. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.
  59. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 257.
  60. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 206.
  61. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 206.
  62. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 206.

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