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[[Rear-Admiral (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral]] {{SIR}} '''Douglas Egremont Robert Brownrigg''', Fourth Baronet, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (25 July, 1867 &ndash; 14 February, 1939) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
Born in Maidenhead, Berks, Brownrigg passed out of {{UK-1Britannia}} in December 1882 with Captain [[Richard Wells|Wells]] rating his general conduct as "fair" and his ability as "poor".  Luckily for Brownrigg, his future career evaluations would be considerably rosier.  He was appointed to the {{UK-1Tourmaline|f=t}} in the Eastern Mediterranean, where he would remain until being appointed to {{UK-1Euryalus}} on the same station in September.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

In August, 1885, Brownrigg was appointed to the {{UK-1IronDuke|f=t}} in the [[Channel Squadron]].  On 1 November 1886 he was appointed to {{UK-1Rover}} in the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]].  He served a year in her and impressed Captain [[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Noel]] as being "zealous but injudicious" before being sent to the Royal Naval College on 4 November 1887.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 1 April, 1891.{{Gaz|26149|1870|3 April, 1891}}

On 1 November, 1893, he was certified as a Fourth Class Assistant Surveyor, and passed in Pilotage for First Class Ships on 30 October 1894 with a third-class certificate.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

While in temporary command of the "26 knotter" {{UK-1Lynx}} on a passage from Birkenhead to Plymouth on 24 December 1894, his ship ran aground on the Cornish coast and suffered a wedge-shaped hole near the keelson under the wardroom which varied from one to three inches in shape as well as a bent starboard propeller shaft.  A day-long Court Martial was convened on 27 December, 1894 with Brownrigg, the boatswain, the look-out man, the quarter-master and the chief engine-room artificer giving evidence.  No mention of this command appoitment or C.M. appears in Brownrigg's Service Record, suggesting it was temporary indeed and that no great blame was attached to him in the incident.{{NMI|Friday, Dec 28, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34459}}

Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1902.{{Gaz|27393|3|3 January, 1902}}

==Captain==
Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.{{GazSup|28034|4433|28 June, 1907}}  In July, he was qualified as an Interpreter in French.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

Brownrigg was appointed in command of the {{UK-Endymion|f=t}} on 1 November 1907, but left her in February 1908.  On 11 April, he was appoonted for command of the {{UK-Theseus|f=t}}, where he would remain until being appointed to a committee on Pay and Allowance precisely two years later.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

After four months on the committee, he was appointed as Royal Navy Naval Attaché to Japan and China, dated 3 September, 1910.  He was succeeded in this post by Captain the Honourable [[Hubert George Brand|Hubert G. Brand]] on 9 October, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 21 August, 1912.  Issue '''39983''', col G, p. 8.</ref>  He was then granted permission to visit Saigon, [[Hawaii]], the [[Panama Canal]] and the [[Dutch West Indies]].<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

Brownrigg was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 22 January, 1913.{{Gaz|28684|589|24 January, 1913}}

==Great War==
Brownrigg was engaged as Chief W/T Censor at the Admiralty throughout the entire war and was appointed C.B. (civil) for his services in thie capacity, dated 1 January 1918.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>  He was advanced to the rank of {{RearRN}} on the Retired List on 1 January, 1919{{Gaz|31104|199|3 January, 1919}} and spent the rest of the month providing "special service" before being reverted to the Retired List on 10 March, 1919.<ref>Brownrigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42/468.|D7602336}} f. 492.</ref>

==Bibliography==
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*"Rear-Admiral Sir D. Brownrigg" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 15 February, 1939.  Issue '''48230''', col B, pg. 14.
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==Image==
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*c. 1918 John Lavery portrait in the possession of the Imperial War Museum.  Catalogue Number ART 1251.
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