Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

Atwell Peregrine MacLeod Lake (11 April 1842 – 27 August 1915) was a

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officer who became Senior Officer,

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Family

Lake was born in 1842.

Henry Atwell Lake Sir Henry Atwell Lake (25 December 1808 – 17 August 1881) was a colonel of the Royal Engineers in England. Lake was the third son of Sir James Samuel William Lake, 4th Baronet, by his marriage with Maria, daughter of Samuel Turner. He was bor ...

was his father and Sir James Samuel William Lake, 4th Baronet was his grandfather. Sir Atwell Henry Lake, 9th Baronet was his son.

Naval career

Lake became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Nelson'' in January 1885, commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Orlando'' in May 1888 and commanding officer of HMS ''Nelson'' again in August 1888. He went on to be Captain of the

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in February 1889, Flag Officer, Gibraltar in January 1892, Captain, Fleet Reserve, Portsmouth in March 1895 and Senior Officer,

from January 1898 until February 1901. He was promoted to vice admiral on 9 September 1901, and retired from the navy at his own request on 1 July 1902. He received promotion to Admiral on the Retired list on 24 May 1905.

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