Vice-Admiral Edward Astley Astley-Rushton, CB, CMG (4 September 1879 – 18 July 1935) was a senior

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officer who commanded the

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Naval career

Astley-Rushton was commissioned in the Royal Navy, where he was confirmed as

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on 15 February 1899 and promoted to

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on 15 February 1900. The following month, he was on 8 March posted to the

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HMS ''Flying Fish'', while she was attached to the ''Victory'', naval school of telegraphy. He served in

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as Second-in-Command of the

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HMS ''Southampton'' and as commanding officer of the cruiser HMAS ''Melbourne''. He became deputy director of Training and Staff Duties at the

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in 1919, Director of the Royal Naval Staff College in 1922 and Director of the

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at the Admiralty from 1928 to 1930.Senior Royal Navy Appointments
He went on to be Commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the

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in 1932 and Vice-Admiral Commanding the

in 1934 before his death in 1935.

References

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