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In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Kennedy was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26897/pages/3568 no. 26897.  p. 3568.]  25 June, 1897.</ref>
 
In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Kennedy was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26897/pages/3568 no. 26897.  p. 3568.]  25 June, 1897.</ref>
  
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On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, in the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>
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On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28505/supplements/4588 (Supplement) no. 28505.  p. 4588.]  19 June, 1911.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 05:07, 21 July 2011

Admiral Sir William R. Kennedy.
Photograph: Navy & Army Illustrated.

Admiral SIR William Robert Kennedy, G.C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1838 – 9 October, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Kennedy was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 29 November, 1889, Heneage.[1]

Kennedy was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 11 March, 1896, vice Wells.[2]

In the Queen's Diamond Jubilee honours, Kennedy was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 22 June, 1897.[3]

On the occasion of King George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B) on 19 June, 1911.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25998. p. 6928. 3 December, 1889.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26722. p. 1744. 17 March, 1896.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26897. p. 3568. 25 June, 1897.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.

Bibliography

  • "Death of Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 10 October, 1916. Issue 41294, col C, pg. 11.
  • Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1876). Sporting Adventures in the Pacific, Whilst in Command of the "Reindeer". London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
  • Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1885). Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
  • Kennedy, Admiral (1892). Sporting Sketches in South America. London: R. H. Porter.
  • Kennedy, Vice-Admiral Sir William, K.C.B. (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. London: William Blackwood and Sons.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Frederick C. B. Robinson 		Commander-in-Chief on the
East Indies Station
1892 – 1895 		Succeeded by
Edmund C. Drummond
Preceded by
Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith 		Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1900 – 1901 		Succeeded by
Albert H. Markham
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