John Hugh Bainbridge (b)

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Commander John Hugh Bainbridge, R.N., Retired (31 May, 1879 – 8 October, 1926) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

His father, also named John Hugh Bainbridge, was born in 1845 and later became a Rear-Admiral and a J.P..

Life & Career

Bainbridge was appointed in command of the destroyer Liffey on 19 October, 1909.[1]

Bainbridge died of a hemorrhage while aboard the P. & O. steamer Kashgar while bound for Colombo, as reported in The Times of 15 October, 1926.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Henry Purdy
Captain of H.M.S. Fairy
11 Jun, 1907[2] – 1910
Succeeded by
Henry T. Dorling
Preceded by
Herbert G. Briggs
Captain of H.M.S. Liffey
19 Oct, 1909[3] – 1910
Succeeded by
The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 340.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 316.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 340.