Written by
Admiral of the Fleet
Sir William Henry May, G.C.B., G.C.V.O.
1849 -1930
| Dates | Rank | Appointment |
| 1863-1864 | Naval Cadet | H.M.S. Britannia |
| 1864-1867 | Midshipman | H.M.S. Victoria |
| 1867-1870 | Midshipman and Acting Lieutenant | H.M.S Liffey |
| 1870-1871 | Sub-Lieutenant | H.M.S. Hercules |
| 1871 | Sub-Lieutenant | H.M.S. Victoria and Albert |
| 1872-1874 | Lieutenant | H.M.S.Hercules |
| 1874-1875 | Lieutenant | H.M.S. Excellent and Greenwich- Long Course |
| 1875-1876 | Lieutenant | H.M.S.Alert. Artic Expedition |
| 1877-1878 | Lieutenant | H.M.S. Vernon |
| 1878-1880 | Lieutenant | H.M.S.Vesuviuos |
| 1880-1881 | Lieutenant | H.M.S. Inconstant |
| 1881-1884 | Commander | H.M.S. Polyphemus |
| 1884-1887 | Commander | H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert |
| 1887 | Captain | H.M.S.Imperieuse. Flag-Captain, China |
| 1891-1893 | Captain | Naval Attache for Europe |
| 1893-1895 | Captain | Admiralty, Assistant Director Torpedoes. |
| 1895-1896 | Captain | H.M.S.Ramillies. Flag-Captain, Mediterranean. |
| 1897 | Captain | Admiralty, Wire hawser boom defence |
| 1897 | Captain | H.M.S.Duke of Wellington, Flag-Captain, Portsmouth |
| 1897-1901 | Captain | H.M.S.Excellent |
| 1901 | Captain | Admiralty, Director of Naval Ordnance |
| 1901-1905 | Rear-Admiral | Admiralty, Third Sea Lord and Controller. |
| 1905-1907 | Vice-Admiral | H.M.S.King Edward VII, Commander In Chief. Atlantic Fleet |
| 1907-1908 | Vice-Admiral | Admiralty, Second Sea Lord |
| 1908-1911 | Admiral | H.M.S.Dreradnought. Commander in Chief Home Fleet. |
| 1911-1913 | Admiral of the Fleet | Commander in Chief. Devonport |
| 1913 | Admiral of the Fleet | Umpire-in-Chief Naval Manoeuvres |
| 1916 | Admiral of the Fleet | Member of the Dardanelles Commission |
| 1919 | Admiral of the Fleet | Member of Committee for Reconstruction of the Navy |
| 1918 | Deputy-Lieutenant for the Shire of Berwick | |
| 1924 | Deputy-Lieutenant for the County of Roxburgh |
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