KBE
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* Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, post-nominal letters
* Knowledge-based engineering
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Science and technology
* Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington, US
* Chief veterinary officer, the head of a veterinary authority
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(19 May 1864 – 26 June 1937) was a Royal Navy paymaster officer. He is most notable for his long service as the secretary of Admiral
Sir John Jellicoe
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutla ...
Born in Penryn, Share entered the Royal Navy in 1880 as an assistant clerk. His first ship was HMS ''Tourmaline'', in which he participated in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and was present during the
First Madagascar expedition
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. In 1885, Share was appointed to the Sheerness Naval Depot, and in 1886 he was appointed secretary on the staff of Vice-Admiral Sir William Hewett, Vice-Admiral Commanding, Channel Squadron. From 1888 he held a similar appointment on the staff of the
Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station and West Africa Station
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Governor of New South Wales
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; the following year, he was appointed secretary to
Lord Northcote
Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, (18 November 1846 – 29 September 1911) was a British Conservative politician who served as the third governor-general of Australia, in office from 1904 to 1908. He was previously the governor of ...
,
Governor-General of Australia
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Service with Jellicoe
In December 1910, he was selected to become secretary to Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet, the beginning of their long association. Share followed Jellicoe to the
Home Fleet
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Before the First ...
in 1911 and to the Admiralty in 1912, when Jellicoe was appointed Second Sea Lord. On the outbreak of the First World War, Share followed Jellicoe to the Grand Fleet, and was present at the
Battle of Jutland
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in 1916. On Jellicoe's appointment as First Sea Lord in November 1916, Share was appointed Additional Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord. That year, he was appointed a CB. In January 1917, he was promoted to paymaster-in-chief, the highest paymaster grade, and in October that year he was appointed
Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord
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In 1919–1920, Share accompanied Jellicoe during his tour of India and the dominions on HMS ''New Zealand'', being appointed a KBE at the cruise's conclusion. He retired with the rank of paymaster rear-admiral in 1921.
Royal service and later life
From 1922 to 1934, Share was
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in Ordinary to the King; on reaching the age limit for gentleman ushers in 1934 he was appointed an Extra Gentleman Usher and a CVO. In 1932, he published his memoirs. He died at Truro in 1937, "from shock following an operation."