Alexander Lowndes

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Captain Alexander Lowndes, C.B., Royal Navy (26 March, 1874 – 20 March, 1921) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was appointed in command of the battleship Hibernia on 29 August, 1913.[1]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Antrim on 23 July, 1915.[2]

He was appointed to command the dreadnought Hercules on 12 February, 1918.[3]

Post-War

Browning went to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, and Lowndes was appointed his Naval Assistant on 30 March, 1919.[4]

He was appointed Chief of Staff to Browning, now Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, on 30 September, 1920.[5]

Lowndes died on 20 March, 1921, in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, following an operation for carcinoma of the rectum.[6]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 330.
  2. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 392c.
  3. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 812.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1920). p. 1812.
  5. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1920). p. 790.
  6. ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 470.

Bibliography

  • "Captain A. Lowndes, C.B., R.N." (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue 42676, col E, p. 13.

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