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    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, DL (15 May 1858 – 5 June 1929) was a Royal Navy officer. After seeing action as a junior...
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  • inventor and Conservative Party politician. Burney was the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney Bt. He was given a naval education, starting...
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  • Kingdom. It was created on 27 January 1921 for Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Burney. He was second-in-command of the Grand Fleet from 1914 to 1916 and Second...
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  • human rights activist Cecil Burney (1858–1929), British admiral Charles Burney (disambiguation), several people Christopher Burney (1917–1980), British...
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    naval squadron summoned by the Great Powers and under the command of Sir Cecil Burney blockaded the Montenegrin ports. The purpose of the blockade was stopping...
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  • Sir Cecil Dennistoun Burney, 3rd Baronet (8 January 1923 – 19 April 2002) was a British businessman and politician in Zambia (1959-1970), having emigrated...
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    Hon Sir Stanley Colville 18 February 1916 17 April 1919 Admiral Sir Cecil Burney 18 April 1919 17 June 1920 Admiral Hon Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe 18...
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  • back to 1912, shows Cecil Stanley Burney, Edward Alexander (Alick) Burney, and pioneer aviator Harold Blackburn trading as Burney and Blackburne (not...
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    Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015). He played Cecil the choirmaster in BBC's The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2004). McBurney was born on 25 August 1957 in Cambridge...
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  • Mount Burney is a summit in Alberta, Canada. Mount Burney was named for Cecil Burney, a British naval commander. "Mount Burney". Geographical Names Data...
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  • politician in Nova Scotia (1814–1884) William Bruce, Lieutenant (1890–1914) Cecil Burney, Admiral of the Fleet (1858–1929) George Carteret, vice-admiral, royalist...
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    rear of the British line. She served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Cecil Burney. During the battle, she was hit by a torpedo amidships; the torpedo tore...
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  • Commission Arthur Balfour, First Lord Sir John Jellicoe, First Sea Lord Sir Cecil Burney, Second Sea Lord Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, Third Sea Lord Lionel...
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    Sybil Katherine Burney in Queen's House, Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 22 June 1885. She was the daughter of Admiral Sir Cecil Burney and Lucinda Marion...
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  • follows: Sixth Division HMS Marlborough Flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Captain G. P. Ross; HMS Revenge Captain E. B. Kiddle; HMS Hercules Captain...
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    leaders of Gruda, Hoti, Kelmendi, Kastrati and Shkreli sent a petition to Cecil Burney in Shkodër against the incorporation of their territories into Montenegro...
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  • 1 Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney 5 December 1913 - 14 August 1914 and as Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Fleet 2 Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Thursby 14 August...
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  • earliest leaders included Bernard G. Segal, Harrison Tweed, Lloyd Cutler, Cecil Burney, Berl Bernhard, and John Doyle. During a historic June 21, 1963 meeting...
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    KCVO in HMS Iron Duke Second in Command, Grand Fleet: Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, KCB KCMG in HMS Marlborough Chief of Staff: VAdm Sir Charles Edward...
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    Preceded by Sir Frederick Hamilton Second Sea Lord 1916 Succeeded by Sir Cecil Burney Vacant Title last held by Sir Berkeley Milne Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean...
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    1864 1933 First Sea Lord 1918–1919 24 November 1920 Burney CecilSir Cecil Burney (later the Burney baronet) 1858 1929 5 July 1921 Sturdee DovetonSir Doveton...
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    Battenberg Vice-Admiral Commanding, Atlantic Fleet 1910–1911 Succeeded by Sir Cecil Burney Second Sea Lord 1912–1914 Succeeded by Sir Frederick Hamilton New command...
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    forced the ship to slow significantly. At 01:56 on 1 June, Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney, the squadron commander aboard Marlborough, informed Revenge that the...
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    Germans, though by that time they had already retreated. Vice Admiral Cecil Burney replaced Bayley aboard Marlborough in December; at that time, Marlborough...
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  • families of Hoti, Gruda, Kelmendi, Shkreli and Kastrati met Admiral Cecil Burney of the international fleet and petitioned against the annexation of Hoti...
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  • (b. 1846) June 5 Adolph Coors, German-American brewer (b. 1847) Sir Cecil Burney, British admiral of the fleet (b. 1858) June 9 – Alice Gossage, American...
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  • May 8 – Heinrich Berté, Austrian operetta composer (d. 1924) May 15 – Cecil Burney, British admiral (d. 1929) May 21 – Édouard Goursat, French mathematician...
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    Admiral Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (21 February 1861 – 9 April 1939) was a senior Royal Navy officer. Colville was born in Eaton...
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    the combined flotilla, which was under the command of British Admiral Cecil Burney, was to blockade the Montenegrin coast. The goal of the blockade was...
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  • Country  United Kingdom Branch  Royal Navy Type Fleet Commanders Notable commanders Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton...
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