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Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28034/supplements/4433 (Supplement) no. 28034.  p. 4433.]  28 June, 1907.</ref>
 
Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1907.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28034/supplements/4433 (Supplement) no. 28034.  p. 4433.]  28 June, 1907.</ref>
  
He was succeeded in Tokyo 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, pg. 8.</ref>  He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 22 January, 1913.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28772/pages/7870 no. 28772.  p. 7870.]  24 January, 1913.</ref>
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He was succeeded in Tokyo 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, pg. 8.</ref>  He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 22 January, 1913.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28684/pages/589 no. 28684.  p. 589.]  24 January, 1913.</ref>
  
 
==Great War==
 
==Great War==

Revision as of 19:47, 7 April 2011

Rear-Admiral SIR Douglas Egremont Robert Brownrigg, Fourth Baronet, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (25 July, 1867 – 14 February, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1902.[1]

Captain

Brownrigg was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1907.[2]

He was succeeded in Tokyo by Captain the Honourable Hubert G. Brand on 9 October, 1912.[3] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 22 January, 1913.[4]

Great War

He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 January, 1919.[5]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27393. p. 3. 3 January, 1902.
  2. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28034. p. 4433. 28 June, 1907.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 21 August, 1912. Issue 39983, col G, pg. 8.
  4. London Gazette: no. 28684. p. 589. 24 January, 1913.
  5. London Gazette: no. 31104. p. 199. 3 January, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral Sir D. Brownrigg" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 15 February, 1939. Issue 48230, col B, pg. 14.

Image

  • c. 1918 John Lavery portrait in the possession of the Imperial War Museum. Catalogue Number ART 1251.]

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