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Edmund Jeffreys

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Edmund Jeffreys

Born(1846-10-01)1 October 1846
Died19 March 1925(1925-03-19) (aged 78)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
CommandsHMS Mercury
HMS Hood
HMS Excellent
Coast of Ireland Station
AwardsCommander of the Royal Victorian Order

Admiral Edmund Frederick Jeffreys, CVO (1 October 1846 – 19 March 1925) was a Royal Navy officer who became Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station.

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Jeffreys became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Mercury in July 1888 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Hood in June 1893.[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the Gunnery School HMS Excellent in November 1895, Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty in August 1897 and Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in February 1901. The Senior Officer was based at Queenstown, and had the port guard ship there as his flagship. He hoisted his flag in HMS Empress of India on 13 October 1901, and transferred to HMS Aeolus in late September 1902.[2]

He retired in January 1904.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36879. London. 22 September 1902. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station
1901–1904
Succeeded by