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Rear-Admiral '''Walter Lumsden''', {{post-nominals|country=UK|CIE|CVO|sep=,|size=100}} (16 April 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Indian Marine]] officer. He was Director of the Royal Indian Marine from 1909 to 1917.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=26 November 1947 |title=Rear-Adml. W. Lumsden |pages=7 |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref> | Rear-Admiral '''Walter Lumsden''', {{post-nominals|country=UK|CIE|CVO|sep=,|size=100}} (16 April 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Indian Marine]] officer. He was Director of the Royal Indian Marine from 1909 to 1917.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=26 November 1947 |title=Rear-Adml. W. Lumsden |pages=7 |work=[[The Times]]}}</ref> | ||
The son of Colonel Henry Lumsden, of [[Pitcaple]] Castle, [[Aberdeenshire]], Walter Lumsden joined the Royal Navy in 1880 and served on HMS '' | The son of Colonel Henry Lumsden, of [[Pitcaple]] Castle, [[Aberdeenshire]], Walter Lumsden joined the Royal Navy in 1880 and served on HMS ''Invincible'' during the [[bombardment of Alexandria]] in 1882, where he was slightly wounded. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1909 in order to take up the directorship of the Royal Indian Marine.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
In retirement, he returned to Scotland, where he had succeeded to the family estate in Pitcaple in 1918.<ref name=":0" /> Lumsden was also a [[Deputy lieutenant of Aberdeenshire|deputy lieutenant]] of Aberdeenshire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 November 1947 |title=Funeral of Rear-Admiral Lumsden |pages=4 |work=[[Aberdeen Journal]]}}</ref><ref name="LG27260">{{London Gazette | In retirement, he returned to Scotland, where he had succeeded to the family estate in Pitcaple in 1918.<ref name=":0" /> Lumsden was also a [[Deputy lieutenant of Aberdeenshire|deputy lieutenant]] of Aberdeenshire.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 November 1947 |title=Funeral of Rear-Admiral Lumsden |pages=4 |work=[[Aberdeen Journal]]}}</ref><ref name="LG27260">{{London Gazette | ||
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Rear-Admiral Walter Lumsden, Lua error: expandTemplate: template "post-nominals/UK" does not exist. (16 April 1865 – 22 November 1947) was a Royal Navy and Royal Indian Marine officer. He was Director of the Royal Indian Marine from 1909 to 1917.[1]
The son of Colonel Henry Lumsden, of Pitcaple Castle, Aberdeenshire, Walter Lumsden joined the Royal Navy in 1880 and served on HMS Invincible during the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882, where he was slightly wounded. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1909 in order to take up the directorship of the Royal Indian Marine.[1]
In retirement, he returned to Scotland, where he had succeeded to the family estate in Pitcaple in 1918.[1] Lumsden was also a deputy lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.[2][3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rear-Adml. W. Lumsden". The Times. 26 November 1947. p. 7.
- ↑ "Funeral of Rear-Admiral Lumsden". Aberdeen Journal. 27 November 1947. p. 4.
- ↑ "No. 27260". The London Gazette. 28 December 1900. p. 8760.