Burges Watson: Difference between revisions
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Simon Harley (talk | contribs) |
Simon Harley (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
==Service Records== | ==Service Records== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=8556534&queryType=1&resultcount=9 ADM 196/86.] | |||
*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7894213&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/37.] | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7894213&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/37.] | ||
*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7904275&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/17.] | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7904275&queryType=1&resultcount=4 ADM 196/17.] | ||
| Line 22: | Line 23: | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center" | {| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="center" | ||
|- | |- | ||
| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval | | colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval Appointments''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles John Balfour|Charles J. Balfour]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles John Balfour|Charles J. Balfour]]''' | ||
Revision as of 08:54, 31 December 2011
Rear-Admiral Burges Watson, C.V.O., Royal Navy (24 September, 1846 – 21 September, 1902) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Watson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1885.[1]
On the occasion of the Queen's visit to Cherbourg he was appointed a Companion in the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 9 May, 1899.[2] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral with seniority of 25 August.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25545. p. 7. 1 January, 1886.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27079. p. 3029. 12 May, 1899.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27119. p. 5814. 22 September, 1899.
Bibliography
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/37.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/17.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Charles J. Balfour |
Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard 1896 – 1899 |
Succeeded by Charles J. Barlow |
| Preceded by Lord Charles Beresford |
Second-in-Command, Mediterranean 1902 |
Succeeded by Reginald N. Custance |
