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Admiral Sir William Goodenough as Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron.
Photo: Imperial War Museum.

Admiral SIR William Edmund Goodenough, G.C.B., M.V.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (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

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 command of the battleship Albemarle on 25 August, 1907.^[4]

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

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Cochrane on 3 January, 1911.^[6]

Great War

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.).^[7] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 June.^[8]

Post-War

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.^[9]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 July, 1920.^[10]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1925, vice Gough-Calthorpe.^[11]

On 23 May, 1930, he was placed on the Retired List.^[12]

Footnotes

↑ The London Gazette: no. 25969. p. 4738. 30 August, 1889.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
↑ ADM 196/42. f. 433.
↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 389.
↑ ADM 196/42. f. 433.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 32017. p. 8408. 13 August, 1920.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 33608. p. 3233. 23 May, 1930.

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

The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
The National Archives. ADM 196/42.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by New Command	Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 1905 – 1907	Succeeded by Trevylyan D. W. Napier
Preceded by New Command	Commodore Commanding, First Light Cruiser Squadron 1913 – 1915	Succeeded by Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair
Preceded by Trevylyan D. W. Napier	Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Light Cruiser Squadron 1915 – 1916	Succeeded by Cecil F. Lambert
Preceded by Arthur C. Leveson	Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron 1916 – 1919	Succeeded by Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by Arthur D. Ricardo	Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard 1919 – 1920	Succeeded by Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by The Hon. Sir Edward S. Fitzherbert	Commander-in-Chief on the Africa Station 1920 – 1922	Succeeded by Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck
Preceded by Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson	Vice-Admiral Commanding, Reserve Fleet 1923 – 1924	Succeeded by The Hon. Victor A. Stanley
Preceded by Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas	Commander-in-Chief at the Nore 1924 – 1927	Succeeded by Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]

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[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] ADM 196/42. f. 433.

[5] The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 389.

[6] ADM 196/42. f. 433.

[7] The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.

[8] The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.

[9] The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.

[10] The London Gazette: no. 32017. p. 8408. 13 August, 1920.

[11] The London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.

[12] The London Gazette: no. 33608. p. 3233. 23 May, 1930.

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 ==Early Life & Career==
-Goodenough was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 23 August, 1889.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25969/pages/4738 no. 25969.  p. 4738.]  30 August, 1889.</ref>
+Goodenough was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 23 August, 1889.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25969/pages/4738 no. 25969.  p. 4738.]  30 August, 1889.</ref>
-He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} with seniority of 30 June, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27211/pages/4433 no. 27211.  p. 4433.]  17 July, 1900.</ref>
+He was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} with seniority of 30 June, 1900.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27211/pages/4433 no. 27211.  p. 4433.]  17 July, 1900.</ref>
-Goodenough was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1905, upon the retirement of [[Lord Walter Talbot Kerr|Lord Walter Kerr]] as First Sea Lord.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27750/pages/25 no. 27750.  p. 25.]  3 January, 1905.</ref>
+Goodenough was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1905, upon the retirement of [[Lord Walter Talbot Kerr|Lord Walter Kerr]] as First Sea Lord.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27750/pages/25 no. 27750.  p. 25.]  3 January, 1905.</ref>
-He was appointed command of the {{UK-Albemarle|f=t}} on 25 August, 1907.<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  ADM 196/42.  f. 433.</ref>
+He was appointed command of the {{UK-Albemarle|f=t}} on 25 August, 1907.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 433.</ref>
 He was appointed command of the {{UK-Vengeance|f=t}} on 12 September, 1908.<ref>''The Navy List'' (October, 1908).  p. 389.</ref>
-He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Cochrane|f=t}} on 3 January, 1911.<ref>Goodenough Service Record.  The National Archives.  ADM 196/42.  f. 433.</ref>
+He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Cochrane|f=t}} on 3 January, 1911.<ref>ADM 196/42.  f. 433.</ref>
 ==Great War==
-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.).<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 the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 June.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29629/supplements/6066 (Supplement) no. 29629.  p. 6066.]  20 June, 1916.</ref>
+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.).<ref>''The 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 the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 June.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29629/supplements/6066 (Supplement) no. 29629.  p. 6066.]  20 June, 1916.</ref>
 ==Post-War==
-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.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31099/supplements/106 (Supplement) no. 31099.  p. 106.]  1 January, 1919.</ref>
+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.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31099/supplements/106 (Supplement) no. 31099.  p. 106.]  1 January, 1919.</ref>
-He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 31 July, 1920.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32017/pages/8408 no. 32017.  p. 8408.]  13 August, 1920.</ref>
+He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 31 July, 1920.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32017/pages/8408 no. 32017.  p. 8408.]  13 August, 1920.</ref>
-He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 8 May, 1925, vice [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|Gough-Calthorpe]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33049/pages/3445 no. 33049.  p. 3445.]  22 May, 1925.</ref>
+He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 8 May, 1925, vice [[Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe|Gough-Calthorpe]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33049/pages/3445 no. 33049.  p. 3445.]  22 May, 1925.</ref>
-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>
+On 23 May, 1930, he was placed on the Retired List.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33608/pages/3233 no. 33608.  p. 3233.]  23 May, 1930.</ref>
 ==Footnotes==
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 ==Bibliography==
 {{refbegin}}
-*"Admiral Sir William Goodenough" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 31 January, 1945.  Issue '''50055''', col C, pg. 7.
+*"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..
 {{refend}}
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 ==Service Records==
 {{refbegin}}
-*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8556856&queryType=1&resultcount=2 ADM 196/88.]
+*{{ADM196|88|D8115450}}
-*The National Archives.  [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7894557&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/42.]
+*{{ADM196|42|D7579090}}
 {{refend}}
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-<!-- EDITORS:  uncomment and alter second line as: office, predecessor, tenure, successor, e.g. |[[First Sea Lord]]|[[Joe Blow]]|Jan 1912 &ndash; 1914|Office abolished
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+|[[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth|Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]]|New Command|1905 &ndash; 1907|[[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan D. W. Napier]]
 }}
--->
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+|[[First Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Commodore Commanding,<br>First Light Cruiser Squadron]]|New Command|1913 &ndash; 1915|[[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]
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+}}
+{{Appt
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+}}
+{{Appt
+|[[Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard]]|[[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]]|1919 &ndash; 1920|Lewis Clinton-Baker
+}}
+{{Appt
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+}}
+{{Appt
+|Vice-Admiral Commanding,<br>Reserve Fleet|[[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson]]|1923 &ndash; 1924|[[Victor Albert Stanley|The Hon. Victor A. Stanley]]
+}}
+{{Appt
+|[[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]|[[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]]|1924 &ndash; 1927|Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]
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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"| '''[[Royal Naval College, Dartmouth|Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]]'''<br>1905 &ndash; 1907
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan D. W. Napier]]'''
-|-
-| 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"| '''[[First Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Commodore Commanding,<br>First Light Cruiser Squadron]]'''<br>1913 &ndash; 1915
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]'''
-|-
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier|Trevylyan D. W. Napier]]'''
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Second Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral Commanding,<br>Second Light Cruiser Squadron]]'''<br>1915 &ndash; 1916
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Cecil Foley Lambert|Cecil F. Lambert]]'''
-|-
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur Cavenagh Leveson|Arthur C. Leveson]]'''
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Second Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron]]'''<br>1916 &ndash; 1919
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Lewis Clinton-Baker]]'''
-|-
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur David Ricardo|Arthur D. Ricardo]]'''
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard]]'''<br>1919 &ndash; 1920
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Lewis Clinton-Baker]]'''
-|-
-| 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]]'''
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Cape of Good Hope Station|Commander-in-Chief<br>on the Africa Station]]'''<br>1920 &ndash; 1922
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Rudolf Walter Bentinck|Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck]]'''
-|-
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Douglas Romilly Lothian Nicholson|Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson]]'''
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Reserve Fleet (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral Commanding,<br>Reserve Fleet]]'''<br>1923 &ndash; 1924
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Victor Albert Stanley|The Hon. Victor A. Stanley]]'''
-|-
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Hugh Evan-Thomas|Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas]]'''
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Commander-in-Chief at the Nore]]'''<br>1924 &ndash; 1927
-| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair, Twelfth Laird of Freswick|Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair]]'''
-|-
 {{TabEnd}}
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-[[Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1880]]
+{{CatBritannia|January, 1880}}
 [[Category:Captains of H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship)]]
 [[Category:Captains of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth]]

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