Admiral Sir Charles John Briggs KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (15 July 1858 – 16 July 1951) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

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Naval career

Briggs joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 as a cadet

Cadet

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 in 1872. He was appointed Rear Admiral in the First Division of the Home Fleet in 1909 before becoming Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

 in 1910 and then being given command of the 4th Battle Squadron

4th Battle Squadron (United Kingdom)

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 in the Home Fleet in 1913. He retired in 1917.