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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Pelham was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} from the ''Victoria and Albert'' with seniority of 18 August, 1876.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24356/pages/4673 no. 24356.  p. 4673.]  22 August, 1876.</ref>
He married on 23 November, 1886, Miss Louise Elizabeth Chads (died 26 December, 1949).
He married on 23 November, 1886, Miss Louise Elizabeth Chads (died 26 December, 1949).



Revision as of 16:47, 11 June 2011

Admiral Frederick Sidney Pelham, C.B.E., Royal Navy (25 October, 1854 – 19 October, 1931) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Pelham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant from the Victoria and Albert with seniority of 18 August, 1876.[1]

He married on 23 November, 1886, Miss Louise Elizabeth Chads (died 26 December, 1949).

On 30 June, 1898, he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[2]

Pelham was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 October, 1907.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 20 March, 1913, vice Scott.[4]

Pelham was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 9 June, 1916, and placed on the Retired List the following day, in accordance with the provisions of the Order-in-Council of 8 December, 1903.[5]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 24356. p. 4673. 22 August, 1876.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3983. 1 July, 1898.
  3. London Gazette: no. 28068. p. 6813. 11 October, 1907.
  4. London Gazette: no. 28703. p. 2159. 21 March, 1913.
  5. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5828. 13 June, 1916.

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Sir James E. C. Goodrich
Senior Officer and Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar
1912 – 1915
Succeeded by
Frederic E. E. Brock