Lord Walter Talbot Kerr R.N.
Lord Walter Talbot Kerr R.N.
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Lord Walter Talbot Kerr R.N. | Explanation |
Fourth son of the 7th Marquess of Lothian |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
28 September 1839 | | Born (Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeith, Midlothian) |
18 November 1873 | | Married Lady Amabel Federica Henrietta (1846-1906), the youngest daughter of George Augustus Frederick, sixth Earl Cowper, and sister of Francis Thomas De Grey, seventh Earl Cowper. They had four sons and two daughters. His great grandson, the 13th Marquess of Lothian and Earl of Ancram, is Michael Andrew Foster Jude (Kerr) Ancram, MP for Devizes from 1992 to 2010, and Chairman of the Conservative Party between 1998 and 2001. |
1896 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
1902 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
12 May 1927 | | Died (at his residence Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire) |
Wikipedia |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
10 August 1855 | Midshipman |
28 September 1858 | Mate |
5 September 1859 | Lieutenant |
3 April 1868 | Commander |
30 November 1872 | Captain |
1 January 1889 | Rear-Admiral |
20 February 1895 | Vice-Admiral |
21 March 1900 | Admiral |
16 June 1904 | Admiral of the Fleet |
September 1909 | Retired Admiral of the Fl |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
10 August 1853 | 6 March 1854 | Naval cadet in Prince Regent, commanded by Frederick Hutton, flagship of Rear-Admiral Armar Lowry Corry, particular service |
7 March 1854 | 30 April 1855 | Naval cadet in Neptune, commanded by Frederick Hutton, the Baltic during the Russian War |
1 May 1855 | 9 August 1855 | Naval cadet in Cornwallis, commanded by George Greville Wellseley, the Baltic during the Russian War |
10 August 1855 | 13 August 1856 | Midshipman in Cornwallis, commanded by George Greville Wellseley |
14 August 1856 | 27 September 1858 | Midshipman in Shannon, commanded by William Peel |
28 September 1858 | 15 January 1859 | Mate in Shannon, commanded by William Peel, on the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny the ship was ordered to Calcutta. Most of the ship's company was landed as a naval brigade. Kerr served with it throughout the Mutiny, was wounded in an action near Cawnpore, and was given an independent command at the siege and capture of Lucknow, for which he was specially rated mate for the rest of the commission |
16 January 1859 | 5 April 1859 | Midshipman in Victory |
6 April 1859 | 16 June 1859 | Midshipman in Hero, commanded by George Henry Seymour, evonport |
17 June 1859 | 24 September 1859 | Mate in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Joseph Denman, Portsmouth |
1 October 1859 | 24 February 1860 | Lieutenant in Flying Fish, commanded by Charles Webley Hope, Devonport |
30 July 1860 | 7 November 1863 | Lieutenant in Emerald, commanded by Arthur Cumming, Channel squadron |
12 February 1864 | 14 August 1867 | Lieutenant in Princess Royal, commanded by William Gore Jones, flagship of Rear-Admiral George St Vincent King, China |
16 January 1868 | 10 April 1868 | Lieutenant in Defence, commanded by Charles Henry May |
29 June 1868 | 1 November 1868 | Commander (addl). in Formidable, commanded by Donald McLeod Mackenzie, flagship of Vice-Admiral Baldwin Wake Walker, the Nore |
2 November 1868 | 28 September 1871 | Commander (2ic) in Hercules, commanded by Viscount Gilford, Channel squadron |
29 September 1871 | 25 December 1872 | Commander (2ic) in Lord Warden, flagship of Admiral Hastings Reginald Yelverton, Mediterranean. He received the silver medal of the Royal Humane Society for jumping overboard from a height of thirty feet into the Tagus in order to rescue a man who had fallen from the rigging.1) |
1 October 1874 | 5 August 1875 | Captain in Agincourt, flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, Channel squadron |
6 August 1875 | 9 August 1877 | Captain in Minotaur, flagship of Rear-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, Channel squadron |
5 February 1880 | 11 March 1880 | Captain in Inconstant, flagship of Vice-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, in the Mediterranean |
12 March 1880 | 16 December 1881 | Captain in Alexandra, flagship of Vice-Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, in the Mediterranean |
17 December 1881 | 31 March 1885 | Captain in Pembroke, harbour service (in command of the Medway steam reserve)2) |
30 April 1885 | 26 June 1885 | Captain in Devastation |
3 July 1885 | 6 February 1886 | Private Secretary to 1st Lord of the Admiralty, Lord George Hamilton |
9 August 1886 | 1 April 1890 | Private Secretary to 1st Lord of the Admiralty, Lord George Hamilton |
2 April 1890 | 19 April 1892 | Second in command in the Mediterranean (flag in Trafalgar and, 9 April 1892, Amphion) |
15 August 1892 | 1 November 1893 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Junior Naval Lord) |
1 November 1893 | 6 May 1895 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Second Naval Lord) |
27 May 1895 | 6 June 1897 | Commanding the Channel squadron (flag in Royal Sovereign, then, December 1895, in Majestic) |
1 May 1899 | 14 August 1899 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Second Naval Lord) |
18 August 1899 | 21 October 1904 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (First Naval Lord) |