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The Honourable Sir Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle (21 October 1871 – 13 October 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.

Naval career

Born the son of Henry Boyle, 5th Earl of Shannon, Boyle joined the Royal Navy as a

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in 1884.Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
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on 1 January 1902, and in April that year was assigned for temporary duty at the Admiralty. Four months later, he was in August 1902 posted to the protected cruiser HMS ''Isis''. He served in World War I and, as Captain of HMS ''Malaya'', took part in the

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in 1916. He was Aide-de-camp to

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from 1918 to 1919 and served as Fourth Sea Lord from 1920 to 1924.Croft's Peerage
He retired in 1924.

References

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