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Admiral SIR Robert John Prendergast, K.C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (9 July, 1864 – 14 May, 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Prendergast was born on 9 July, 1864, the son of Mr. Robert Keating Prendergast. At the examination for naval cadetships, he placed twenty-sixth out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.[1]
Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 21 June, 1887.[2]
Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1899.[3]
Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[4]
Great War
Prendergast was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 November, 1914.[5] He was appointed Rear-Admiral at Scapa Flow on 7 May, 1916, with his flag in Imperieuse.[6]
Post-War
Prendergast was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[7] He was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands, dated 1 March.[8] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 July, 1919, in the place of The Hon. Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe, promoted to the rank of Admiral. He was placed on the Retired List on 1 August.[9] On 1 January, 1920, he was appointed an ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).[10] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 31 July, 1924.[11]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25712. p. 3366. 21 June, 1887.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28984. p. 9690. 24 November, 1914.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 4.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
- ↑ The Navy List (August, 1919). p. 695.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31489. p. 9961. 5 August, 1919.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. p. 3. 1 January, 1920.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Robert Prendergast" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 16 May, 1946. Issue 50453, col E, pg. 7.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
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