Reginald Custance

Sir Reginald Custance
Born	20 September 1847
Died	30 August 1935 (1935-08-31) (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1860–1908
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Phaeton HMS Barfleur HMS Blenheim
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Admiral Sir Reginald Neville Custance GCB KCMG CVO (20 September 1847 – 30 August 1935) was a Royal Navy officer.

Naval career

Custance joined the Royal Navy in 1860. Promoted to captain on 31 December 1885,^[1] he was given command of the cruiser HMS Phaeton in January 1890, of the battleship HMS Barfleur in February 1895 and of the cruiser HMS Blenheim in September 1898.^[2] He went on to be Director of Naval Intelligence in March 1899,^[3] Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1902, and Second-in-Command of the Channel Fleet in February 1907.^[4]

↑ The London Gazette: no. 25547. p. 115. 8 January 1886. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
↑ "Custance, Vice-Adm. Sir Reg. Neville". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 432.
↑ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by Lewis Beaumont	Director of Naval Intelligence 1899–1902	Succeeded by Prince Louis of Battenberg

W.H. Hall (1887–1889)
Bridge (1889–1894)
Beaumont (1895–1899)
Custance (1899–1902)
Battenberg (1902–1905)
Ottley (1905–1907)
Slade (1907–1909)
Bethell (1909–1912)
Jackson (1912–1913)
Oliver (1913–1914)
W.R. Hall (1914–1919)
Sinclair (1919–1921)
Fitzmaurice (1921–1924)
Hotham (1924–1927)
Fisher (1926–1927)
Domvile (1927–1930)
Usborne (1930–1932)
Dickens (1932–1935)
Troup (1935–1939)
Godfrey (1939–1943)
Rushbrooke (1943–1946)
Parry (1946–1948)
Longley-Cook (1948–1951)
Buzzard (1951–1954)
Inglis (1954–1960)
Denning (1960–1964)
Graham (1964–1965)

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