Rudolf Walter Bentinck
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Admiral SIR Rudolf Walter Bentinck, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (20 March, 1869 – 31 March, 1947) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Bentinck was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Africa Station in succession to Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough, dated 12 June, 1922.[1]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 July, 1924, vice Brock.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 2 March, 1922. Issue 42969, col G, pg. 20.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32962. p. 5889. 5 August, 1924.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Rudolf Bentinck" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1947. Issue 50726, col E, pg. 7.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1869 births
- 1947 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1882
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Superb (1907)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Tiger (1913)
- Naval Secretaries to the First Lord of the Admiralty
- Commanders-in-Chief, Plymouth
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
