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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]]. | ||
Before joining the Navy, Mawbey was educated at Cordwalles, a private school in Maidenhead.<ref>"Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 7 June, 1933. Issue '''46464''', col B, pg. 14.</ref> | |||
When informed that one of his Sub-Lieutenants, [[Eric Sydney Brand|E. S. Brand]], had been requested to commission [[HMS 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> | |||
==Footnotes== | |||
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==Bibliography== | |||
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*"Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 6 June, 1933. Issue '''46463''', col D, pg. 12. | |||
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==Service Record== | |||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7917942&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/43] | |||
[[Category:1870 births|Mawbey]] | [[Category:1870 births|Mawbey]] | ||
Revision as of 01:54, 3 August 2009
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.
Before joining the Navy, Mawbey was educated at Cordwalles, a private school in Maidenhead.[1]
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!"[2]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Admiral Mawbey" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 6 June, 1933. Issue 46463, col D, pg. 12.
