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[[Vice admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|CMG}} (10 February 1860 – 3 September 1920) was a [[Royal Navy]] and [[British Army]] officer. Having joined the navy in 1873, Marescaux spent the majority of his time as a junior officer serving on surveying duties. Promoted to [[commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] in 1896, he served as captain of ships undergoing trials at [[Sheerness]] until 1900. He was promoted to [[captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] in 1903 and held commands at home and on the [[China Station]] before, in 1910, he took command of the North of Ireland [[His Majesty's Coastguard|Coastguard]]. In 1913 he was made [[King's Harbour Master]], [[Portland Harbour|Portland]], and promoted to [[rear admiral (Royal Navy)|rear-admiral]].

When the [[First World War]] began, Marescaux was too junior a rear-admiral to receive an active command, and so he had himself seconded to the [[War Office]]. [[Commission (document)|Commissioned]] as a [[lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]], he served as landings officer at [[Le Havre]] before being appointed Deputy Assistant [[Quartermaster General]] at [[Boulogne]] in 1915. He retired from the navy in the same year. In 1917, Marescaux was appointed Base Commandant, [[Dunkirk]], where he stayed until the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918]], at which point he briefly commanded the British troops in Paris. He retired from the army in 1919 as a [[colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] and died in 1920 from a [[cerebral haemorrhage]] brought on by the frequent bombings of Dunkirk.

==Military service==
===Early career and surveying===
Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux was born in London on 10 February 1860, the second son of Laurence M. Marescaux, an employee of the [[Agra Bank]], and Grace Marescaux.<ref name="TimesObit">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=7 September 1920 |title=Vice-Admiral G. C. A. Marescaux |newspaper=The Times |location=London |page=13}}</ref>{{sfnp|Burke|Fox-Davies|1912|p=177}}<ref name="CWGC"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7590427 |title=Marescaux, Gerald C A |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=31 December 2022 }}</ref>

Marescaux joined the [[Royal Navy]] on 15 January 1873 as a [[naval cadet]] at the [[Britannia Royal Naval College|Royal Naval Academy]].<ref name="TimesObit"/>{{sfnp|Navy List|1875|p=37}} Continuing his education as a cadet, Marescaux was sent to serve on the [[frigate]] {{HMS|Agincourt|1865|6}}, the [[flagship]] of the [[Channel Squadron]], on 6 March 1875.{{sfnp|Navy List|1875|pp=128–129}} He was promoted to [[midshipman]] on 19 January 1876 and joined the frigate {{HMS|Raleigh|1873|6}} in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].{{sfnp|Navy List|1877|pp=34, 166}} Marescaux was subsequently appointed an [[acting rank|acting]] [[sub-lieutenant]] on 17 January 1880 and sent to study at the [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich]].{{sfnp|Navy List|1880|pp=96, 308}} He gained third-class certificates in seamanship, gunnery, and navigation before his rank was made permanent on 22 January 1881, backdated to 16 February the previous year.{{sfnp|Navy List|1883b|p=93}}{{sfnp|Navy List|1881|p=318}}

At the same time as his promotion, Marescaux was sent to serve on the [[survey ship]] {{HMS|Fawn|1856|6}}.{{sfnp|Navy List|1881|p=318}} On 1 May 1883, Marescaux was moved from ''Fawn'' to serve in the [[paddle frigate]] {{HMS|Valorous|1851|6}}, which was on "particular service".{{sfnp|Navy List|1883a|p=249}} He stayed in the ship only briefly, as on 1 August the same year he was appointed to serve on the [[schooner]] {{HMS|Sparrowhawk|1877|6}}, another survey ship. Serving in the [[West Indies]], Marescaux was promoted to [[lieutenant (Royal Navy)|lieutenant]] in ''Sparrowhawk'' on 31 December the same year.{{sfnp|Navy List|1885|pp=237, 91}}

Marescaux was transferred to the [[brig]] {{HMS|Seaflower|1873|6}} on 1 April 1886. ''Seaflower'' was the [[ship's tender]] to the training establishment {{HMS|Boscawen|shore establishment|6}} at [[Isle of Portland|Portland]].{{sfnp|Navy List|1886|p=236}}  Marescaux subsequently served aboard the [[sloop]] {{HMS|Egeria|1873|6}}, surveying the islands of [[Tongatapu]] and [[ʻEua]] in Tonga.{{sfnp|Ingleton|1944|p=278}} In October 1889, ''Egeria'' arrived at [[Fonuafoʻou]], an island that had been created by a volcanic eruption four years earlier. Despite the ground being made of [[ember]]s almost too hot to walk on, Marescaux led a landing party ashore. They took volcanic samples for the [[Hydrographer of the Navy]] and erected a flagpole {{convert|250|ft|m}} above [[sea level]] and {{convert|20|yd|m}} inland before returning to the ship. Soon after this, the island began to crumble away, and in three days the new flagpole fell into the sea.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 December 1889|page=6|title=A Crumbling Island|newspaper=Oxfordshire Weekly News|location=Oxford}}</ref>

Marescaux was appointed to the [[training ship|training brig]] {{HMS|Pilot|1879|6}} on 6 April the following year, but within a month was at the shore establishment {{HMS|Excellent|shore establishment|6}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=32965 |date=21 March 1890|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=32996|date=26 April 1890|page=13}}</ref> On 18 January 1894, he was appointed to the [[ship of the line]] {{HMS|Duke of Wellington|1852}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=34165|date=19 January 1894|page=8}}</ref> From 21 January 1895, he had command of the [[gunboat]] {{HMS|Alecto|1882|6}} and was engaged in surveying the [[Calabar River]] and the [[Niger delta]] in the [[Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=26686 |date=6 December 1895 |page=7069 }}</ref>{{sfnp|Africa Pilot|1899|p=III}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=34468|date=8 January 1895|page=6}}</ref> ''Alecto'' sailed from [[Bonny, Nigeria]], on 17 October and arrived to continue "special service" at [[Sierra Leone]] and [[Accra]] on 13 November.<ref>{{cite news|location=London|newspaper=The Times|date=16 October 1895|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=15 November 1895|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|location=London|newspaper=The Times|page=7}}</ref> Marescaux returned to England on board RMS ''Batanga'', arriving at [[Liverpool]] on 7 September 1896.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 September 1896|page=3|title=Naval Intelligence|newspaper=Evening Standard|location=London}}</ref> His African surveys were well received at the [[Admiralty (United Kingdom)|Admiralty]], which rewarded him with a small pay increase.<ref>{{cite news|date=5 January 1901|title=Suavitur Sed Fortiter|page=8|newspaper=Bray and South Dublin Herald|location=Dublin}}</ref>

===First commands===
[[File:HMS Proserpine 1901 0267.jpg|{{HMS|Proserpine|1896|6}} off Canada during Marescaux's period in command|thumb]]
Marescaux [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] the [[torpedo gunboat]] {{HMS|Hussar|1894|6}} on 3 December 1896. He was given the command to take ''Hussar'' out to the Mediterranean.<ref name="Times1">{{cite news|date=3 December 1896|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|location=London|newspaper=The Times|page=7}}</ref> He was promoted to [[commander (Royal Navy)|commander]] on 31 December,<ref>{{cite news|title=Admiralty|date=2 January 1897|location=London|newspaper=The Times|page=12}}</ref> and early in the following year took ''Hussar'' out, at which point he was replaced in command by the captain of the torpedo gunboat {{HMS|Gleaner|1890|6}}. Marescaux took over ''Gleaner'' and returned her to [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]], where the worn-out gunboat was [[paid off]].<ref name="Times1"/><ref>{{cite news|date=19 November 1896|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|newspaper=The Times|location=London|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=22 February 1897|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|newspaper=The Times|location=London|page=7}}</ref> Subsequently, at [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria|diamond jubilee]] [[fleet review]] on 26 June 1897, Marescaux commanded the [[protected cruiser]] {{HMS|Dido|1896|6}}.  From 1898 he was in the Dockyard Reserve at [[Sheerness]].{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}} As such he was used as the temporary captain of new ships undergoing trials. In June, he commanded the [[cruiser]] {{HMS|Proserpine|1896|6}} during that ship's coal consumption trials.{{sfnp|Engineering|1898|p=808}} In February 1899, he took charge of the protected cruiser {{HMS|Pomone|1897|6}} for her speed tests,{{sfnp|USNI|1899|pp=242–243}} and he commanded the protected cruiser {{HMS|Prometheus|1898|6}} during her coal consumption trials in July.{{sfnp|Engineering|1899|p=30}}

Marescaux received permanent command of ''Proserpine'' on 1 November 1900, initially serving on the [[North America and West Indies Station]].{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |date=8 November 1900|page=8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=5 December 1900|newspaper=The Times|location=London|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|page=5}}</ref> The ship sailed from [[Newfoundland]] to return to Britain in late October 1901.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|location=London|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|page=7|date=30 October 1901}}</ref> Early in the morning of 7 November, ''Proserpine'' was anchored in heavy fog off Sheerness when the [[packet boat|mail packet]] ''Koningen Regente'' collided with her [[bow (ship)|bow]]. ''Koningen Regente''{{'}}s [[wikt:paddlebox|paddle box]] became stuck on ''Proserpine'', and Marescaux used the connection to take the ship's sixty passengers on board ''Proserpine'', after which ''Koningen Regente'' was [[beaching (nautical)|beached]] off [[Garrison Point Fort]].<ref name="Fog">{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=7 November 1901 |title=The Fog: Serious Collision off Sheerness |url= |newspaper=Evening Express |location=Cardiff |page=3}}</ref> Marescaux became commander of the protected cruiser {{HMS|Pactolus|1896|6}}, part of the Channel Squadron, in 1902.{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}}{{sfnp|Wall|1903|p=383}}<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=21 June 1902 |title=The Distribution of our Naval & Military Forces |url= |newspaper=The Navy and Army Illustrated |location=London |page=ii}}</ref> In April ''Pactolus'' conveyed the [[torpedo boat destroyer]] {{HMS|Flying Fish|1897|6}} out to [[Gibraltar]] before returning to the Channel.<ref>{{cite news|location=London|newspaper=The Times|date=8 April 1902|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|page=4}}</ref> Marescaux attended the [[Coronation of Edward VII and Alexandra|coronation of Edward VII]] in August.{{sfnp|Bodley|1903|p=409}}

===Senior positions===
Promoted to [[captain (Royal Navy)|captain]] on 31 December 1903, Marescaux was one of six captains appointed as umpires afloat for the combined tactical exercises and manoeuvres of the [[Channel Fleet]] and [[Home Fleet]] in August 1904.{{sfnp|RUSI|1904|pp=955–957}} He was subsequently given command of the protected cruiser {{HMS|Europa|1897|6}}, based at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport]], on 3 January 1905.{{sfnp|Navy List|1907|p=310}} Marescaux and ''Europa'' assisted with the trials of the [[armoured cruiser]] {{HMS|Argyll|1904|6}} in September 1905 and in late 1906 commanded the navigating party during trials of {{HMS|Achilles|1905|6}}, another armoured cruiser.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=38129|date=30 September 1905|page=7}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=37826 |date=19 September 1906|page=4}}</ref> He was still in command of ''Europa'' in January 1907,{{sfnp|Navy List|1907|p=310}} before on 6 June he was sent on a gunnery and torpedo course. Marescaux was then given command of the armoured cruiser {{HMS|Kent|1901|6}}, on the [[China Station]], in November. He retained command of ''Kent'' until 1909.{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}}{{sfnp|Navy List|1909|p=335}}<ref>{{cite news|date=17 May 1907|title=Naval & Military Intelligence|newspaper=The Times|location=London|page=12}}</ref> Returning to again command ''Europa'', later in the year he was censured by the Admiralty for "most unsatisfactory conduct" after he interviewed his [[officer of the watch]] and signal [[boatswain|bosun]] in his cabin while wearing only his pyjamas.{{sfnp|Deasey|2022|p=12}} He briefly commanded the Cruiser Division at Devonport in 1910.{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}}

[[File:HMS Implacable Spithead 1909 Flickr 4793355702 4792e59389 o.jpg|{{HMS|Implacable|1899|6}}, Marescaux's last sea-going command|thumb]]
Marescaux was appointed district captain of the North of Ireland [[His Majesty's Coastguard|Coastguard]] on 1 June 1910.{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}} The district spanned from [[County Clare]] to [[County Wexford]].<ref name="TimesObit"/>{{sfnp|Navy List|1913a|pp=91–92}}{{sfnp|Navy List|1911|p=429}} He relinquished his appointment with the coastguard on 3 June 1912, being appointed captain of the [[battleship]] {{HMS|Implacable|1899|6}}.{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}}{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1916|p=259}} On 30 July he was awarded a Royal Navy good service pension worth £150 a year.<ref name="TimesObit"/>{{sfnp|Navy List|1913b|p=736}}  ''Implacable'' served as temporary flagship of the [[Second Fleet (United Kingdom)|Second]] and [[Third Fleet (United Kingdom)|Third Fleets]] in 1913, carrying [[Vice admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] [[Frederick Hamilton (Royal Navy officer)|Frederick Hamilton]] whilst {{HMS|Queen|1902|6}} underwent refit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Times |issue=40111 |date=17 January 1913|page=35}}</ref>

Marescaux was given command of [[Portland Harbour|Portland]] on 21 August that year, serving as both captain-in-charge and [[King's Harbour Master]].{{sfnp|Navy List|1913a|p=393a}} Portland was the principal southern assembly point for the [[Home Fleet]], and because of this importance the command was soon to become a [[rear admiral (Royal Navy)|rear-admiral]]'s position. As the eighth most senior captain in the navy, Marescaux was given the role with the understanding that he would soon be promoted to [[flag rank]].<ref>{{cite news|date=26 August 1913|page=3|newspaper=The Globe|title=Status of the Portland Command|location=London}}</ref> On 15 September he hosted the visiting Russian Admiral [[Nikolai Ottovich von Essen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The Russian Naval Visit. |newspaper=The Times |issue=40318 |date=16 September 1913|page=3}}</ref> He received his promotion to rear-admiral on 15 December and stayed at Portland until 21 April 1914.<ref name="TimesObit"/>{{sfnp|Navy List|1914|p=549}}{{sfnp|Navy List|1913a|p=393a}}

===First World War===
When the [[First World War]] began in 1914 Marescaux was still a newly promoted rear-admiral and was thus very junior, having ten admirals immediately senior to him. This meant that he would be passed over for command vacancies in favour of more senior admirals, and so he requested that he be seconded to the [[War Office]] so that he could still see active service.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=25 April 1915 |title=Miss Dunsmuir Has Hard Day's newspaper |url= |newspaper=The Daily Colonist |location=Victoria, British Columbia |page=12}}</ref> As such, he was appointed a [[temporary rank|temporary]] [[lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] in the [[Reserve of Officers]] of the [[British Army]] on 8 November.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29052|date=26 January 1915 |page=899|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=16 July 1915 |title=Officers Receive Honors for Service |url= |newspaper=The Daily Colonist |location=Victoria, British Columbia |page=7}}</ref> In this new position he served through the year as Assistant Military Landing Officer at [[Le Havre]] before, on 28 May 1915, he was appointed Deputy Assistant [[Quartermaster General]] at [[Boulogne]].<ref name="TimesObit"/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29218|date=18 June 1915 |page=6589}}</ref> Marescaux was [[mentioned in despatches]] by [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field-Marshal]] Sir [[John French, 1st Earl of Ypres|John French]] on 31 May,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29200|date=6 July 1915 |page=5975|supp=y}}</ref> and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] on 3 June.{{sfnp|Navy List|1919|p=2106}} He voluntarily retired from the Royal Navy on 4 November.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29206|date=25 June 1915 |page=6175}}</ref>{{sfnp|Who's who in the Navy|1917|p=128}}{{sfnp|Deasey|2022|p=13}}

Marescaux continued at Boulogne, being appointed commandant on 23 April 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29595|date=23 May 1916 |page=5182|supp=y}}</ref> He was promoted to the temporary rank of [[colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] and made Base Commandant, [[Dunkirk]], on 28 March 1917, by which time he had been transferred to the [[General List]] of officers.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30053|date=4 May 1917 |page=4343|supp=y}}</ref> Marescaux was mentioned in despatches by Field-Marshal [[Douglas Haig]] on 9 April 1917, being then on the [[Special List]] of officers, on 7 April and 8 November 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30072|date=15 May 1917 |page=4750|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31077|date=17 December 1918 |page=14930|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30691|date=17 May 1918 |page=5949|supp=y}}</ref> Marescaux is described by the [[YMCA]] worker Alexander Irvine as a "splendid old seaman" in his biography ''A Yankee with the Soldiers of the King''.{{sfnp|Irvine|1923|pp=44–46}} He became an enthusiastic supporter of YMCA talks, organising them for units at Dunkirk and making speeches, including one to the [[United States Army Air Service]]:{{blockquote|"Boys...isn't it good to think that so many of our lads went over the top with these words ringing in their ears?"{{sfnp|Irvine|1923|p=46}}}} In late 1918, Marescaux moved again, being given command of the British troops stationed in Paris for the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice]].<ref name="TimesObit"/><ref name="CWGC"/> Marescaux reverted to the role of commandant on 27 January 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31145|date=24 January 1919|page=1336|supp=2}}</ref> He relinquished his commission on 9 June, retaining use of the rank of colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32153|date=3 December 1920|page=12040}}</ref> During the war Marescaux had been made a Commander of the [[Legion of Honour]] by France.<ref name="TimesObit"/><ref name="CWGC"/>

===Retirement and death===
Appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] on 1 January 1919, Marescaux was promoted to vice-admiral on the list of retired officers eight days later.{{sfnp|Navy List|1919|pp=2097a, 1949b}} He died of a [[cerebral haemorrhage]] brought on by the frequent bombings of Dunkirk while he was commandant there, at the [[Medway Maritime Hospital|Royal Naval Hospital]], Chatham, on 3 September 1920, aged 60. He was buried on 8 September in [[Gillingham, Kent|Gillingham]] Cemetery.<ref name="TimesObit"/><ref name="CWGC">{{cite web |url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/3056873/gerald-charles-adolphe-marescaux/ |title=Vice Admiral Gerald Charles Adolphe Marescaux |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |publisher= |access-date=31 December 2022 |quote=}}</ref> The [[pallbearer]]s at his funeral included [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] [[Doveton Sturdee|Sir Doveton Sturdee]] and Rear-Admiral [[Vivian Bernard]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=31 October 1920 |title=Well-known Officer Dies in England |url= |newspaper=The Daily Colonist |location=Victoria, British Columbia |page=36}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Marescaux, then a lieutenant, married the portrait and flower painter [[Kathleen Marescaux|Kathleen Dennis]] (1868–1944) on 19 September 1894. She would go on to paint a portrait of Marescaux that was exhibited at the [[Royal Hibernian Academy]] in 1895.{{sfnp|Snoddy|1996|p=311}}{{sfnp|Burke|Fox-Davies|1912|p=177}} Together the couple had two sons:{{sfnp|Burke|Fox-Davies|1912|p=177}}
*Commander Geoffrey Dennis St. Quentin Marescaux de Saubruit, Royal Navy officer. Changed his surname to Marescaux de Saubruit in 1949.{{sfnp|Burke|Fox-Davies|1912|p=177}}<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38572|page=1563|date=25 March 1949}}</ref>
*Lawrence Mortimer Tracton Marescaux{{sfnp|Burke|Fox-Davies|1912|p=177}}

Marescaux was elected a member of the [[Royal Geographical Society]] on 28 June 1886.{{sfnp|Royal Geographical Society|1886|p=530}} When posted to Ireland Marescaux and his wife made appearances at dinners with the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] and attended the court of [[George V]] at Dublin in 1911.<ref>{{cite news |title=Viceregal Dinner in Dublin |newspaper=The Times |issue=39516 |date=23 February 1911|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Their Majesties' Court |newspaper=The Times |issue=39636|date=13 July 1911|page=10}}</ref>

==Arms==
{{Infobox COA wide
|escutcheon = Quarterly 1st & 4th Argent in bend three eagles displayed Sable 2nd & 3rd Sable an anchor in pale Or timbered Azure the stem entwined by a dolphin descending Argent.
|crest = A dolphin naiant Gules.
|motto = Tutus Per Utilus<ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529526 |publisher=National Library of Ireland |accessdate=1 December 2024 |title=Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. P |page=32}}</ref>
|notes = Confirmed by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, 17th February 1935.}}

==Citations==
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*{{cite book |title=Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography |date=1886 |publisher=Edward Stanford |page=530 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PDIRAQAAIAAJ |language=en|location=London|ref={{harvid|Royal Geographical Society|1886}}}}
*{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1899 |title=Ships of War: HMS Pomone |url= |journal=The Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=242–243 |doi= |access-date=|ref={{harvid|USNI|1899}}}}
*{{cite book|last=Snoddy|first=Theo|author-link=Theo Snoddy|year=1996|title=Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century|location=Dublin|publisher=Wolfhound Press|isbn=0-86327-562-1}}
*{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=August 1904 |title=The Naval Manoeuvres|url= |journal=The Journal of the Royal United Service Institution|volume=48 |issue=318 |pages=955–957 |doi= |access-date=|ref={{harvid|RUSI|1904}}}}
*{{cite book|date=April 1875|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1875}}}}
*{{cite book|date=April 1877|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1877}}}}
*{{cite book|date=July 1880|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1880}}}}
*{{cite book|date=February 1881|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1881}}}}
*{{cite book|date=July 1883|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1883a}}}}
*{{cite book|date=October 1883|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1883b}}}}
*{{cite book|date=January 1885|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1885}}}}
*{{cite book|date=July 1886|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=John Murray|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1886}}}}
*{{cite book|date=January 1907|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1907}}}}
*{{cite book|date=October 1909|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1909}}}}
*{{cite book|date=October 1911|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1911}}}}
*{{cite book|date=September 1913|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1913a}}}}
*{{cite book|date=October 1913|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1913b}}}}
*{{cite book|date=March 1914|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1914}}}}
*{{cite book|date=October 1919|title=The Navy List|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|ref={{harvid|Navy List|1919}}}}
*{{cite book |title=The Royal Navy List, Or, Who's who in the Navy: A Book of Reference Relating to the Personnel of the Navy, Both Active and Retired |date=1916 |publisher=Witherby |page=259 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRjp_nFjmjgC |language=en|location=London|ref={{harvid|Who's who in the Navy|1916}}}}
*{{cite book |title=The Royal Navy List, Or, Who's who in the Navy: A Book of Reference Relating to the Personnel of the Navy, Both Active and Retired |date=1917 |publisher=Witherby & Company |page=128 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShwTAQAAMAAJ |language=en|location=London|ref={{harvid|Who's who in the Navy|1917}}}}
*{{cite book |last=Wall|first=Edgar G.|title=The British Empire Year Book |date=1903 |publisher=E. Stanford |page=383 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-NNAQAAMAAJ |language=en|location=London}}
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