Difference between revisions of "William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(replaced empty TabAppts with new appt Div for later use by Fredbot)
Line 23: Line 23:
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  
{{TabAppts}} 
+
<div name=fredbot:appts></div name=fredbot:appts
|align=center colspan=3|'''{{SOON}}''' <!-- EDITORS: remove this line when table seems complete -->
+
|-
+
<!-- EDITORS:  uncomment and alter second line as: office, predecessor, tenure, successor, e.g. |[[First Sea Lord]]|[[Joe Blow]]|Jan 1912 &ndash; 1914|Office abolished
+
{{Appt
+
|
+
}}
+
-->
+
<!-- EDITORS:  uncomment and alter second line as: bare ship title, predecessor, tenure, successor, e.g. |[[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|[[Joe Blow]]|Jan 1912 &ndash; Mar 1914|[[Jack Blow]]
+
{{ApptCapt
+
|
+
}}
+
-->
+
{{TabEnd}} 
+
  
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leveson-Gower, William}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leveson-Gower, William}}

Revision as of 17:06, 10 May 2014

Vice-Admiral THE RIGHT HONOURABLE William Spencer Leveson-Gower, Fourth Earl Granville, K.G., K.C.V.O., C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (11 July, 1880 – 25 June, 1953) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

As a Commander, he was appointed in command of the destroyer Nymphe on 16 May, 1911.[1]

He was then named to command destroyer Comet on 18 August, 1913.[2]

Leveson-Gower was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 October, 1929, vice Backhouse, promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 8 May, 1935, vice Tweedie, and was placed on the Retired List on 9 May.[4]

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 350.
  2. The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 297.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 33542. p. 6476. 11 October, 1929.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 34159. p. 3048. 10 May, 1935.

Bibliography

  • "The Earl Granville" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 26 June, 1953. Issue 52658, col E, pg. 8.

Service Record

 Template:CatViceAdmiral