Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...

Humphrey Wykeham Bowring CB DSO (18 April 1874 – 21 February 1952) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Naval career

Born the son of the industrialist John Charles Bowring, Bowring joined the

as a

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in 1887,Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
/ref> took part in the Witu expedition in 1890 and was promoted to

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in 1895. He served in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

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of the

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HMS ''Arrogant'' and then of the cruiser HMS ''Aurora''Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships
and acted as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Dover Patrol. After the War he commanded the

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HMS ''Bellerophon'' and then the battleship HMS ''Centurion''. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1926 and retired in 1929. He was promoted to full

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on the Retired list on 30 September 1933. He lived at

Plympton Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient Stannary, stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down riv ...

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.''Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour'' by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
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Family

In 1924 he married Rose Dalby.

References

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Royal Navy officers of World War I People from Plympton 19th-century Royal Navy personnel