A sailor's life under four sovereigns, Volume 3 (of 3)

· 1904

Admiral of the Fleet, The Hon. Sir _Sketched at The Albany_ Henry Keppel, G.C.B., D.C.L. _by Nina Daly_ 335 The time had arrived that the Admiral had arranged for the destruction of the Chinese Fleet. Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, my late aide-de-camp when I had the Naval Brigade in Crimea, was now with me as Commodore’s Flag Lieutenant. My gig only held one sitter besides self. Among my other boys I had on board the _Hong-Kong_ with Goodenough were Lord Charles Scott, Victor Montagu, and Harry Stephenson. I left Commander Turnour in the _Bittern_ to arrange my other boys. He had with him Lieutenant Stanley Graham, Dupuis, Foster, Pilkington, and A. V. Paget. In the _Sir Charles Forbes_ were …

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