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Admiral Sir Lionel George Preston, KCB (27 September 1875 – 21 September 1971) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord. ==Naval career== Lionel Preston was educated at Stubbington House School and joined the Royal Navy as a cadet aboard HMS ''Britannia'' in 1888.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He took part in the response to the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and was appointed 1st lieutenant on the surveying ship HMS ''Hearty'' on 30 May 1902. During World War I he commanded the Grand Fleet Minesweeping Flotilla from 1914 until 1917, when he became Director of the Minesweeping Division at the Admiralty.〔 After the War he was in charge of the clearance of mines in British waters and then, from 1919, commanded patrol, minesweeping training and fishing protection flotilla.〔 He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Navy Signal School at Portsmouth in 1920 and then given command of the aircraft carrier HMS ''Eagle'' in 1923.〔 He was given command of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in 1926 and became Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1930.〔 He was made Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1933 and retired in 1935.〔 He also served in World War II as Advisor on minesweeping and then, as the Director of Small Vessels Pool, he took charge of the provision of small craft for Dunkirk evacuation in 1940.〔 In a "War Commentary" broadcast by the BBC he made reference to "the futile years" when the United Kingdom supported the League of Nations as a basis for its foreign policy.〔(Sir Lionel Preseton's War Commentary ) Hansard, 24 June 1941〕 He retired again in 1945.〔 In retirement he became Chairman of Titanine Limited, a business specialising in aircraft finishes.〔(In Brief ) Flight Global, 1953〕 He lived in Chiltern Road in Dunstable.〔(Dunstable and Houghton Regis ) Luton Today〕 He also wrote the book ''"Sea And River Painters Of The Netherlands In The Seventeenth Century"''.〔(''"Sea And River Painters Of The Netherlands In The Seventeenth Century"'' Oxford University Press (1937) )〕 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「Lionel Preston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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