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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Henry Lancelot Mawbey''', C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (17 June, 1870 – 4 June, 1933) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Henry Lancelot Mawbey''', C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (17 June, 1870 – 4 June, 1933) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].


==Life & Career==
Before joining the Navy, Mawbey was educated at Cordwalles, a private school in Maidenhead.<ref name=Obit>"Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 7 June, 1933.  Issue '''46464''', col B, pg. 14.</ref>
Before joining the Navy, Mawbey was educated at Cordwalles, a private school in Maidenhead.<ref name=Obit>"Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 7 June, 1933.  Issue '''46464''', col B, pg. 14.</ref>


Mawbey was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 26 June, 1902.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27448/supplements/4198 (Supplement) no. 27448.  p. 4198.]  26 June, 1902.</ref>
Mawbey was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 26 June, 1902.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27448/supplements/4198 (Supplement) no. 27448.  p. 4198.]  26 June, 1902.</ref>


He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1907.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28096/pages/34 no. 28096.  p. 34.]  3 January, 1908.</ref>
==Great War==
When informed that one of his Sub-Lieutenants, [[Eric Sydney Brand|E. S. Brand]], had been requested to commission [[H.M.S. Valiant (1914)|H.M.S. ''Valiant'']], Mawbey summoned the young man and after being told that he intended to take up the appointment, he told Brand: "I hope you have a bloody rotten time there and if you do, don't blame me, blame Forbes-Semphill!"<ref>Brand.  Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.  p. 8.</ref>
When informed that one of his Sub-Lieutenants, [[Eric Sydney Brand|E. S. Brand]], had been requested to commission [[H.M.S. Valiant (1914)|H.M.S. ''Valiant'']], Mawbey summoned the young man and after being told that he intended to take up the appointment, he told Brand: "I hope you have a bloody rotten time there and if you do, don't blame me, blame Forbes-Semphill!"<ref>Brand.  Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.  p. 8.</ref>



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Admiral Henry Lancelot Mawbey, C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (17 June, 1870 – 4 June, 1933) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Before joining the Navy, Mawbey was educated at Cordwalles, a private school in Maidenhead.[1]

Mawbey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 26 June, 1902.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1907.[3]

Great War

When informed that one of his Sub-Lieutenants, E. S. Brand, had been requested to commission H.M.S. Valiant, Mawbey summoned the young man and after being told that he intended to take up the appointment, he told Brand: "I hope you have a bloody rotten time there and if you do, don't blame me, blame Forbes-Semphill!"[4]

Mawbey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 February, 1919, vice Boyle.[5]

Footnotes

  1. "Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 7 June, 1933. Issue 46464, col B, pg. 14.
  2. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27448. p. 4198. 26 June, 1902.
  3. London Gazette: no. 28096. p. 34. 3 January, 1908.
  4. Brand. Paper in the possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds. p. 8.
  5. London Gazette: no. 31201. p. 2738. 25 February, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 6 June, 1933. Issue 46463, col D, pg. 12.

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