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Admiral Sir Charles L. Vaughan-Lee as a Rear-Admiral, 1917.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1778).

Admiral SIR Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (27 February, 1867 – 16 March, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Early Life & Career

Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee was born on 27 February, 1867, the third son of Major Vaughan Hauning Vaughan-Lee, one time Conservative M.P. for West Somerset.

Vaughan-Lee was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 February, 1887.[1]

Vaughan-Lee was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1899.[2]

Captain

Vaughan-Lee was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[3]

On 24 December 1905, he was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Astræa.[4]

He was appointed in command of H.M.S. Ganges on 5 January, 1909.[5]

Vaughan-Lee was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Warrior on 5 April, 1911.[6]

He commanded Collingwood from September 1911.[7]

He was appointed in command of the dreadnought Bellerophon on 16 August, 1912.[8]

On 1 September, 1913, he was appointed Commodore, Second Class Commanding the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth.[9]

Great War

Vaughan-Lee was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 15 September, 1914.[10] On 18 December he was appointed Captain of the battleship Thunderer.

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 August, 1915, vice Erskine,[11] and superseded in command of Thunderer on 24 August.

He was appointed Director of Air Services at the Admiralty on 8 September.

On 1 January, 1917, Vaughan-Lee was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.),[12] and on 19 January he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.[13]

Post-War

In recognition of his war services, on the occasion of the King's birthday Vaughan-Lee was appointed a Knight Commander in the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.) on 3 June, 1919.[14]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 January, 1920, vice Ricardo, and placed on the Retired List the following day.[15] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 10 March, 1925.[16]

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Charles Vaughan-Lee" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 19 March, 1928. Issue 44845, col B, p. 19.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Murray F. Sueter
As Director of Air Department 		Director of Air Services
1915 – 1917 		Succeeded by
Godfrey M. Paine
As Fifth Sea Lord

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles L. Ottley 		Head of Mobilisation Division
24 Jan, 1905[17][18] 		Succeeded by
Francis F. Haworth-Booth
Preceded by
Lionel G. Tufnell 		Captain of H.M.S. Astræa
24 Dec, 1905[19] – ? 		Succeeded by
Frank E. C. Ryan
Preceded by
Owen F. Gillett 		Captain of H.M.S. Warrior
5 Apr, 1911[20] – ? 		Succeeded by
James A. Fergusson
Preceded by
William C. Pakenham 		Captain of H.M.S. Collingwood
1 Dec, 1911[21] – ? 		Succeeded by
James C. Ley
Preceded by
Trevylyan D. W. Napier 		Captain of H.M.S. Bellerophon
16 Aug, 1912[22] – ? 		Succeeded by
Edward F. Bruen
Preceded by
John B. Eustace 		Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth
1 Sep, 1913[23] – ? 		Succeeded by
John B. Eustace
Preceded by
Thomas Jackson 		Captain of H.M.S. Thunderer
18 Dec, 1914[24] – ? 		Succeeded by
James A. Fergusson
Preceded by
Arthur W. Waymouth 		Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard
19 Jan, 1917[25] – ? 		Succeeded by
Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25771. p. 7300. 30 December, 1887.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27040. p. 84. 6 January, 1899.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  4. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 December, 1908. Issue 38818, col E, p. 6.
  6. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  7. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  8. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  9. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 391.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28906. p. 7396. 18 September, 1914.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29266. p. 8158. 17 August, 1915.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29886. p. 1. 1 January, 1917.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 554.
  14. ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 13459. p. 2066. 5 June, 1919.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31779. p. 1832. 13 February, 1920.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33031. p. 1954. 20 March, 1925.
  17. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  18. ↑ Naval Intelligence Department. Distribution of Work.—March 1905. The National Archives. ADM 231/45. p. 1.
  19. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  20. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  21. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  22. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  23. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 3.
  24. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.
  25. ↑ Vaughan-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 441.

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