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Admiral

Sir Thomas Brandreth
Admiral; Sir Thomas Brandreth
Born	6 August 1825
Died	10 December 1894 (aged 69)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth, KCB (6 August 1825 – 10 December 1894) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy.

Naval career edit

HMS Edgar in 1865

Brandreth was educated at Eton like his father Thomas and entered the Royal Navy in 1838.^[1] He was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1845.^[2] Promoted to captain in 1863, he was given command of HMS Edgar and then HMS Lord Warden.^[2] He was appointed captain of the gunnery school HMS Excellent in 1874, captain superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1877, superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1879 and Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1882.^[2] He went on to be president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1885, before he retired in 1890.^[3]

^ Brandreth, Sir Thomas. "Obituary of Thomas Brandreth". Victorian Royal Navy. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sir Thomas Brandreth William Loney RN
^ "No. 26077". The London Gazette. 8 August 1890. p. 4328.

O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Brandreth, Thomas" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir William Stewart	Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy 1881–1885	Succeeded by Sir William Graham
Preceded by Sir William Luard	President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1885–1888	Succeeded by Sir William Graham