Vice-Admiral John William Leopold McClintock (26 July 1874 – 23 March 1929) was a

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officer who became President of the

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Naval career

Born the son of Admiral Sir

Francis Leopold McClintock Sir Francis Leopold McClintock (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He confirmed explorer John Rae's controversial report gather ...

, McClintock joined the

in 1887. He held the rank of lieutenant when in June 1902 he was posted to serve as first and gunnery lieutenant on the protected cruiser , flag ship of the ''Cruiser division'' of the

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. He served in

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, during which he commanded the battleship at the Gallipoli landings and, then from July 1916, commanded the battleship followed by, from December 1916, the battleship .Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> He became Commodore at the Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth in 1920, Director of Naval Artillery and Torpedo at the

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in 1919 and Director of the Mobilisation Department at the Admiralty in 1923. He went on to be Commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in 1924 and President of the

early in 1929 before his death a few months later.Royal Navy Senior Appointments
at gulabin.com, retrieved 9 October 2013

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McClintock, John 1874 births 1929 deaths Admiral presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Companions of the Order of the Bath John William Leopold Royal Navy vice admirals