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[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] {{RIGHTHON}} '''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]].
 
[[Vice-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] {{RIGHTHON}} '''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]].
  
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==Life & Career==
 
Leveson-Gower was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 October, 1929, vice [[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Backhouse]], promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}}.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33542/pages/6476 no. 33542.  p. 6476.]  11 October, 1929.</ref>
 
Leveson-Gower was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 10 October, 1929, vice [[Roger Roland Charles Backhouse|Backhouse]], promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}}.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33542/pages/6476 no. 33542.  p. 6476.]  11 October, 1929.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 8 May, 1935, vice [[Hugh Justin Tweedie|Tweedie]], and was placed on the Retired List on 9 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34159/pages/3048 no. 34159.  p. 3048.]  10 May, 1935.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 04:12, 3 April 2011

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

Leveson-Gower was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 October, 1929, vice Backhouse, promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral.[1]

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.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33542. p. 6476. 11 October, 1929.
  2. ↑ 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

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