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{{ViceRN}} {{SIR}} '''Henry Percy Douglas''', K.C.G., C.M.G., R.N., Retired (1 November, 1876 &ndash; 4 November, 1939) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{ViceRN}} {{SIR}} '''Henry Percy Douglas''', K.C.G., C.M.G., R.N., Retired (1 November, 1876 &ndash; 4 November, 1939) served in the [[Royal Navy]].


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Revision as of 23:37, 11 January 2020

Vice-Admiral Henry P. Douglas as a Captain, 1919.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral SIR Henry Percy Douglas, K.C.G., C.M.G., R.N., Retired (1 November, 1876 – 4 November, 1939) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Rockferry, Chester[?], Douglas gained ten months' time on passing out of Britannia.

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1898.

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1910.[1]

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1915.[2]

Post-War

Douglas was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 February, 1927.

Douglas was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 October, 1929. He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral (retired) on 1 June, 1931.

World War II

Mobilised on 28 September 1938 and placed on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Nore with the rank of Commodore, First Class R.N.R.. This appointment was terminated on 9 October.

On 24 August, 1939 he was appointed for duty as Captain Superintendent, Dover, to serve in the rank of Commodore, Second Class. He was in this appointment very briefly, as he died on 4 November, 1939.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick C. Learmonth 		Superintendent of Charts
11 Jul, 1910 – 11 Feb, 1915 		Succeeded by
John D. Nares
Preceded by
Ernest C. Hardy 		Assistant Hydrographer of the Navy
1 Feb, 1919[3] 		Succeeded by
Robert W. Glennie
Preceded by
Robert W. Glennie 		Captain of H.M.S. Mutine
14 Jul, 1921[4] – Oct, 1923 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Herbert C. Mayo 		Captain of H.M.S. Ormonde
16 Jan, 1924 – 25 Jun, 1924 		Succeeded by
Charles H. Knowles
Preceded by
Frederick C. Learmonth 		Hydrographer of the Navy
1 Oct, 1924 – 1 Oct, 1932 		Succeeded by
John A. Edgell

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 22.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 33.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1818.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 786.

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