Angus MacLeod (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Angus MacLeod CVO (11 June 1847 – 29 April 1920) was a Royal Navy officer who became Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station.

Angus MacLeod
Born(1847-06-11)11 June 1847
Died29 March 1920(1920-03-29) (aged 72)
London
Buried
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Pallas
HMS Gibraltar
HMS Empress of India
HMS Jupiter
Coast of Ireland Station
AwardsCommander of the Royal Victorian Order

McLeod became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Pallas in June 1891, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Gibraltar in November 1894, commanding officer of the battleship HMS Empress of India in December 1895 and then commanding officer of the battleship HMS Jupiter in June 1897.[1] He went on to be Captain, Fleet Reserve, Medway in October 1898, Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty in April 1901 and Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in January 1904 before he retired in March 1906.[2]

MacLeod died at 87 Victoria Street in London on 29 April 1920 and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.[3]

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References

  1. "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  3. Deaths. The Times. Saturday, 1 May, 1920. Issue 42399, col B, p. 1.
Military offices
Preceded by
Edmund Jeffreys
Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station
1904–1906
Succeeded by
Sir George King-Hall
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