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Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker KCB KCVO CBE (16 March 1866 – 12 December 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station. ==History== Clinton-Baker joined the Royal Navy in 1879〔(Visitation of England and Wales )〕 He took part in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and went to command HMS ''Gibraltar'' during the Second Boer War.〔 He was promoted to Commander on 1 January 1901 and commanded HMS ''Berwick'' from 1908.〔(Navy List 1908 )〕 He served in World War I as Captain of HMS ''Hercules'', which he commanded at the Battle of Jutland in 1916,〔(Battle of Jutland - Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers )〕 and then as Captain of HMS ''Benbow'' from later that year; he then took responsibility for laying a mine barrage across the North Sea〔 from a base at Grangemouth.〔(Royal Navy Flag Officers 1914-1918 )〕 He became Second-in-Command of the Second Battle Squadron in 1919, Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1920〔The Times, 9 June 1921〕 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1921.〔Whitaker's Almanack 1923〕 In 1925 he was made Admiral commanding the Reserves〔(Navy Notes ) The RUSI Journal, Volume 70, Issue 479 August 1925 , pages 563 - 575〕 and in 1927 he retired.〔(Navy Notes ) The RUSI Journal, Volume 72, Issue 487 August 1927 , pages 651 - 662〕 He lived at Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire.〔(Stories about the Rev. James Fynes, Rector of St Andrews Church 1735-1774 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lewis Clinton-Baker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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