Clinton Francis Samuel Danby
Royal Navy admiral
About Clinton Francis Samuel Danby
Lived 1882 – 1945 (aged 62).
Sir Clinton Francis Samuel Danby, KBE (1882 – 30 June 1945), aka Peter, retired as Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] in 1942.
Biography He was born in 1882 in Witham, Lincolnshire the son of Rev. Clement Edward Danby, MA, and Susanna Ellis Baddeley. He married in 1914 Phyllis Antill-Pockley, of Sydney, NSW. They had two sons and a daughter. One son, Clinton Brian Danby, became a captain in the Royal Artillery.
There is a portrait of him in the National Portrait Gallery.
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Who was Clinton Francis Samuel Danby?
Royal Navy admiral (1882-1945)
When was Clinton Francis Samuel Danby born?
Clinton Francis Samuel Danby was born on 5 September 1882.
When did Clinton Francis Samuel Danby die?
Clinton Francis Samuel Danby died on 30 June 1945.
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