REAR-ADMIRAL SCOTT. HIS CAREER IN THE NAVY.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 426, 7 December 1889, Page 6

REAR-ADMIRAL SCOTT. HIS CAREER IN THE NAVY.

Rear- Admiral Lord Charles Scott, C.8., who has succeeded Admiral Fairfax as the commandor-in-chief of the Australian navai station, and who is expected to visit Auckland during: the Jubilee celebration?, is nob new to these waters, haying visited Aus-, .tralia as captain of H. M.s.' Bacchante,' when the young Princes Victor and George, sons ot the Prince of Wales, called here in the course of their tour round the world. He has seen a good deal of service in China and in the Baltic during' the Crimean war. The most recent home appointment he received was that of Commander of the Royal Naval Reserve at Chatham, and while in that position he was promoted to the Admirals hip of the Australian station, and, accompanied by his flag captain, Chailes J. Barlow, will at once hoist his pennant on H.M.s. Orlando, now in these waters awaiting his smival. Admiral Scott is regarded in naval circles in England as a competent officer of- much administrative ability, and one on whose judgment great reliance may be placed, he having been specially selected by the Admiralty to act as one of the umpires duiing the last naval , manoeuvres. In virtue ot his office, he ciuised about in the Rodney noting thoincidents of the mimic warfare ; and in more than one instance, when appealed to, was instrumental in reversing the popular estimate of the individual success of the combatants. His was a position re- ' quirinsr prompt decision combined with great deliberative powers and a thoroughly comprehensive knowledge of the rules of war and naval strategy. Often when the smart tactics of one or more of the tea captains or their subordinates in charge of the torpedo boats called forth commendation from the spectatois, whose sympathy was ever with the dashing gallantry of young j officers emulating the traditions of the [ old sea dogs of England of the Ben bow and Nelson school, he was obliged to reverse the popular verdict and give his decision in conformity with the altered conditions of naval warfare. A task such as this was necessarily a most delicate one, requiring ready resource, and an intimate acquaintance with not only the rules of the service, but what goes to make up sound strategy, independently of naval daring, always an acknowledged attribute of the tais who sail beneath the Union Jack. Admiral Lord Scott dates his seniority as captain from February 6th, 1872, and that of rear-admiral from April 3rd, 1888. In the year 1886 he received the honour of being appointed naval aide-de-camp to Her Majesty the Queen. He was, born on the 20th October, 1839, and was •commissioned as captain of H.M.s. Bacchante in 1879/ and continued in command until 1882, "in which year the vessel was put out of ebmniifision, and the ship's complement paid oft. He is the fourth son of William, Francis, the fifth Duke of Buccleugh' and seventh Duke- of Queensbury* "JK.G., P!C-,-D.C.L., and A.D.C. .to the Queen, r . life; mother was the Lady., Charlotto Anne Thynne, V.A., the ydungesbi daughter of Thomas, second Marquis of Bath, K.G. Admiral Lord Scott married on February 23, 1883, Ada .Mary, * daughter* •of Charles Ryan, Esq., of Derryweib Heights, Macedon, Victoria, and has two children by the marriage, Charles William", born April 17,. 1884, . and David John, born March 7, 1887. 'Admiral" Lord Scott, in ad ditionto his "'high rank, socially .and professionally, is exceedingly' popular in the service, and will be i; a. welcome addition in Government House "circles, where he posse&ses many friends.

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