Charles Vaughan-Lee

Rear Admiral Sir Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee, KBE CB (27 February 1867[1]-16 March 1928[2]) was a senior Royal Navy officer in the early 20th century. He served during World War I, rising to the rank of rear-admiral.

Sir Charles Vaughan-Lee
Born(1867-02-27)27 February 1867
Measham, Leicestershire, England
Died16 March 1928(1928-03-16) (aged 61)
Bepton, Sussex, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1880–1920
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldRNTE Shotley
HMS Bellerophon
HMS Thunderer
Battles/warsAnglo-Egyptian War (1882)
World War I
AwardsKBE
CB

Biography

Vaughan-Lee was born in the English village of Measham in 1867. By 1881 he was a naval cadet on HMS Dapper, the Royal Navy's officer cadet training ship.[3] In September 1882, Vaughan-Lee was appointed as a midshipman on HMS Constance.[4]

Vaughan-Lee was promoted to captain on 30 June 1904.[5] In June 1906, he was captain of HMS Astraea as part of the Eastern Fleet, China Station Cruiser Squadron.[6]

From 1909 to 1911, he served as the captain of HMS Ganges which was also then known as Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley.[7]

On 12 August 1915, Vaughan-Lee was promoted to rear-admiral[5] and on 8 September he was selected to be the Director of the Admiralty's Air Department.[8] He continued in this role until the start of 1917 when he was posted to be the Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard.[9]

In 1917, he was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, which represents the second highest of eight classes associated with the award. Notice of the King's permission to accept and to display this honour was duly published in the London Gazette.[10]

He died on 16 March 1928.

References
  1. born 1867
  2. died 1928
  3. "HMS Dapper 1881".
  4. "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 30512. London. 14 September 1882. col C, p. 6.
  5. "Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945: Royal Navy Full Admirals". Archived from the original on 13 November 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
  6. Royal Navy, Eastern Fleet.
  7. "HMS Ganges Association - HMS Ganges Captains - Royal Navy". Archived from the original on 29 December 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  8. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/09/09/104654038.pdf
  9. "RN Flag Officers, 1914-1918".
  10. Order of the Rising Sun, conferred 1917 -- "No. 30363". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 October 1917. p. 11322.
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