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Admiral SIR Arthur Henry Limpus, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy (7 June, 1863 – 3 November, 1931) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Arthur Henry Limpus was born in St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, on 7 June, 1863, the son of the Reverend Henry Francis Limpus, one-time Minor Canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and Vicar of Twickenham.

Limpus was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1885.[1]

He was appointed First Lieutenant and Gunnery Lieutenant ("1st and G") of the new battleship Jupiter on 8 June, 1897.[2]

Limpus was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1898.[3]

Captain

Limpus was specially promoted to the rank of Captain on 2 May, 1900, for services in South Africa.[4]

Flag Rank

Limpus was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 23 January, 1909.[5]

On the occasion of King George V's coronation he 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.) on 19 June, 1911.[6] He was succeeded by Rear-Admiral Arthur Y. Moggridge in command of the Portsmouth Sub-Division on 17 November.[7]

Great War

Limpus was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 14 September, 1914.[8] He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard on 20 September, 1914.[9]

He was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 1 January, 1916.[10]

Limpus was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 30 January, 1918[11] and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 January, 1919.[12] He died at Alassio, Italy on 3 November, 1931.

Who was Who

LIMPUS, Admiral Sir Arthur Henry KCMG, 1916; CB 1911

Born St Neots, Hereford, 7 June 1863; s of Rev. H. F. Limpus; m 1888, Florence M. Travers of Cheam, Surrey; one d ; died 3 Nov. 1931

retired, January 1919

EDUCATION King’s College School; HMS Britannia

CAREER Joined HM Britannia training ship, 1876; served as cadet and midshipman in HMS Euryalus and Alexandra; and in HMS Bacchante, 1879–82; Lieut 1885; Commander, 1898; Captain, 1900; served Suakin, 1884–85 (Egyptian medals, Khedive’s bronze star); South Africa, 1899–1900 (despatches, specially promoted Captain); HMS Terrible, China, 1900, medal; hoisted flag in HMS Jupiter, 1910, as Rear-Admiral in Home Fleet, Portsmouth Subdivision, and in HMS Prince George and New Zealand, 1911; Coronation medal at the review of the Fleet at Spithead, 1911; Naval Adviser to Turkish Govt, 1912–14; Admiral Superintendent, Malta, Sept. 1914–Oct. 1916, and Senior Naval Officer, Malta, April 1915–Oct. 1916; President Shell Committee at Admiralty, 1917; Grand Cordon Medjidieh, 1914; Grand Officier de la Legion d’Honneur, 1916; Grand Cross Order of Crown of Italy, 1916; and is Vice-Admiral in Turkish Navy

CLUBS United Service; Mediterranean, Gibraltar; Union, Malta

ADDRESS c/o Barclays Bank, Westcombe Park, Blackheath, SE3

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3002. 30 June, 1885.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 May, 1897. Issue 35199, col E, pg. 12.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27194. p. 3249. 22 May, 1900.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28221. p. 944. 5 February, 1909.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28505. p. 4588. 19 June, 1911.
  7. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 31 October, 1911. Issue 39730, col B, pg. 14.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28910. p. 7478. 22 September, 1914.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (December, 1914). p. 6.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29423. p. 83. 1 January, 1916.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30522. p. 1945. 12 February, 1918.
  12. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31112. p. 364. 7 January, 1919.

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederic E. E. Brock 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleet
1910 – 1911 		Succeeded by
Arthur Y. Moggridge
Preceded by
Sackville H. Carden 		Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard
1914 – 1916 		Succeeded by
George A. Ballard
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