Herbert Whitmore Savory

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Vice-Admiral Herbert Whitmore Savory, M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (15 July, 1857 – 23 February, 1918) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1882.[1]

He was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 4 on 25 May, 1886.[2]

Savory was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1895, at the age of thirty-seven years, eleven months and fifteen days.[3]

Captain

Savory was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1901.[4]

He was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Hawke in January 1903.[5] In February 1905, he assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Diadem.[6]

On the occasion of the special Mission of Prince Arthur of Connaught to Japan to invest the Emperor of Japan with the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Jackson was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) dated 20 February, 1906.[7]

He was appointed to command the battleship Prince of Wales on 12 August, 1907.[8]

Flag Rank

Savory was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 18 January, 1911, vice Wilkinson.[9] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903 he was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 December, 1911.[10]

On 12 March, 1915, Savory was officially attached to an Army Headquarter Unit.[11]

He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 9 June, 1916.[12]

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral H. W. Savory" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 25 February, 1918. Issue 41722, col B, p. 10.
  • at least one letter to Admiral Gerard Noel is found at the National Maritime Museum's Caird Library under NOE/5/1

Service Records

 

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25073. p. 653. 17 February, 1882.
  2. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26647. p. 4233. 26 July, 1895.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 27335. p. 4780. 19 July, 1901.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27913. p. 3326. 15 May, 1906.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 361.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 28458. p. 501. 20 January, 1911.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 28562. p. 9446. 15 December, 1911.
  11. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29111. p. 2943. 24 March, 1915.
  12. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5828. 13 June, 1916.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 245.
  14. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 300.
  16. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 361.
  17. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 5 February, 1909. Issue 38875, col B, p. 7.

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