Admiral Cecil Minet Staveley, CB,

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(3 April 1874 – 27 May 1934) was a

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officer who became Commander of the

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Naval career

Staveley was born the son of General Sir Charles Staveley, but did not follow his father and joined the Royal Navy. While serving as a

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, he was in September 1902 posted to the Naval School of

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, for a signals course, then the following month to the torpedo school at HMS ''Vernon'' for a short gunnery and torpedo course. He was re-assigned to the new

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HMS ''Drake'' on 13 January 1903, as she took up her first commission in the

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. Staveley served in

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becoming commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Endymion'' in January 1916 and Chief of Staff, The Nore in April 1918. He went on to be commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Conqueror'' in November 1920, commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Valiant'' in April 1921 and Chief Staff Officer for the Reserves in March 1923. He was made a CB in the

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. His last appointment was as commander of the

in March 1926. He was promoted to vice-admiral on 25 May 1929 and put on the Retired list the following day. He was promoted to admiral on the Retired list in September 1933. Staveley was elected a

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(FRGS) in December 1902.

Family

In 1919 Staveley married Margaret Adela Sturdee, daughter of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee.

References

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