Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (6 August 1825 – 10 December 1894) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who went on to be Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

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Naval career

Brandreth was appointed a Lieutenant

Lieutenant

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 in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

 in 1845. Promoted to Captain

Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....

 in 1863, he was given command of HMS Edgar and then HMS Lord Warden

HMS Lord Warden (1865)

HMS Lord Warden was the second and final ship to be completed of the Lord Clyde class.She was heavier than her sister, by about 360 tons; partly because she carried heavier machinery and was fitted with a poop, and partly because the wood used for the construction of Lord Clyde was, as it...

. He was appointed Captain of the gunnery school HMS Excellent in 1874, Captain Superintendent of Sheerness

Sheerness

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 Dockyard in 1877, Superintendent of Chatham

Chatham Dockyard

Chatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...

 Dockyard in 1879 and Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

in 1882. He retired in 1890.