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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Richard Bowles Farquhar|Richard B. Farquhar]]''' | ||
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Alexander Duncan|John A. Duncan]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[John Alexander Duncan|John A. Duncan]]''' | ||
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Revision as of 17:57, 17 July 2012
Admiral Francis George Eyre, Royal Navy, Retired (4 February, 1864 – January, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Francis George Eyre was born in Marylebone on 4 February, 1864, the son of the Reverend Charles J. Phipps Eyre, Rector of St. Marylebone and landowner, and Mary Eyre.
Eyre was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 1 April, 1886.[1]
Eyre was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1898.[2]
Captain
Eyre was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1903.[3]
He was appointed in command of Venus on 15 July, 1905.[4]
He was appointed in command of the battleship Mars on 1 July, 1907.[5]
Eyre was appointed Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance on 12 January, 1911.[6]
Eyre was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 October, 1913.[7]
Flag Rank
Eyre was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 October, 1918, vice Kerr.[8] He retired on 10 February, 1919,[9] and was advanced to Admiral on the Retired List on 1 June, 1922.[10]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25574. p. 1595. 2 April, 1886.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27572. p. 4187. 3 July, 1903.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, pg. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 344.
- ↑ Navy List (April, 1914). p. 90.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28768. p. 7521. 28 October, 1913.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30942. p. 11860. 8 October, 1918.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31201. p. 2738. 25 February, 1919.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32719. p. 4474. 13 June, 1922.
Bibliography
- "Admiral F. G. Eyre" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 27 January, 1941. Issue 48834, col E, pg. 7.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Richard B. Farquhar |
Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance 1911 – 1914 |
Succeeded by John A. Duncan |
- 1864 births
- 1941 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1876
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Captains of H.M.S. Venus (1895)
- Captains of H.M.S. Mars (1896)
- Captains of H.M.S. Canopus (1898)
- Captains of H.M.S. Triumph (1903)
- Chief Inspectors of Naval Ordnance (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers