Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton CB CBE MVO (1873 - 1953)

Born 7 Nov 1873 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 5 Jan 1953 at age 79 in Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Biography

Richard was born in 1873. He was the son of Richard Southwell George Stapleton-Cotton.

Naval Career

He entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1887, then progressed through the ranks as follows: midshipman 1889, sub-lieutenant 1893, lieutenant 1895, commander 1905, captain in 1913, rear-admiral in 1923, and vice-admiral in 1928. He was placed on the retired list in 1931, and then promoted to admiral from the retired list the following year.

He commanded the Royal Naval College at Osborne from 1906 to 1910.

Death

He passed away in 1953.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCF-L4YY : 4 September 2014), Richard G A W Stapleton-Cotton, 1953; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Merioneth East, Merionethshire, Wales, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3G6-4JK : 10 February 2018), Richard Southwell Stapleton-Cotton in entry for Richard Greville Arthur Wellington Stapleton-Cotton and Olive Harriet Cotton-Jodrell, 09 Aug 1910, Marriage; citing item 5 p 5, , Acton (near Nantwich), Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,147,066.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW6Q-74S : 28 June 2019), Richard G A W Stapleton-Cotton M V D, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

See also:

• [1] Richard Stapleton-Cotton Wikipedia