| 词条 | Percy Grant (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name= Sir Percy Grant |image= |caption= |birth_date= {{birth date|1867|09|23|df=y}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1952|09|08|1867|09|23|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place= |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1881–1928 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands= Admiral Superintendent Portsmouth Dockyard (1922–25) Chief of the Australian Naval Staff (1919–21) {{HMS|Ramillies|07|6}} (1917–19)[1] {{HMS|Marlborough|1912|6}} (1914–15) {{HMS|King Edward VII|1903|6}} (1913–14)[1] {{HMS|Falmouth|1910|6}} (1911–13)[1] {{HMS|Gibraltar|1892|6}} (1910–11)[1] {{HMS|Arrogant|1896|6}} (1910)[1] {{HMS|Halcyon|1894|6}} (1906–08)[1] |battles= Anglo-Egyptian War Brazilian Naval Mutiny First World War Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCVO|CB}} (23 September 1867 – 8 September 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who served as First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff from 1919 to 1921. Naval careerGrant saw service in the Egyptian War of 1882 as well as the Brazilian Naval Mutiny in 1893.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 October 1890,[3] posted as a lieutenant for navigation on the battleship {{HMS|Mars|1896|6}}, and promoted to commander (Navigation) on 26 June 1902.[4] In September 1902 he was posted to {{HMS|President|1829|6}} for study at the Royal Naval College.[5] He went on to serve during the First World War initially as flag captain to Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly in {{HMS|Marlborough|1912|6}} and then as flag captain and chief of staff to Admiral Sir Cecil Burney who was then second-in-command of the Grand Fleet.[2] In that capacity he saw his ship torpedoed and crippled at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[6] After the war he was appointed First Naval Member and Chief of the Australian Naval Staff.[2] In this role, he served as defence advisor to Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia at the Empire Conference in London in 1921.[2] He was appointed Admiral Superintendent at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1922 and retired in 1928.[2] He was recalled during the Second World War to serve as Captain at the Port of Holyhead.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 The Dreadnought Project 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^{{London Gazette |issue=26093 |page=5268 |date=3 October 1890}} 4. ^{{London Gazette |issue=27448 |supp=y |page=4198 |date=26 June 1902}} 5. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Wednesday |date=24 September 1902 |page_number=4 |issue=36881| }} 6. ^Jutland Battle Melbourne Argus, 22 December 1920 External links
title=Chief of the Australian Naval Staff| before=Rear Admiral Sir William Creswell| after=Vice Admiral Sir Allan Everett| years=1919–1921| }}{{s-end}}{{Chief of Navy (Australia)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Percy}} 7 : 1867 births|1952 deaths|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Royal Navy admirals|Royal Navy officers of World War I|Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War |
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