Atwell Lake, 9th Baronet

Sir Atwell Henry Lake, 9th Baronet (13 February 1891 – 27 November 1972) was the second Chief of Naval Staff of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) from June 1942 to July 1945.[1]

Lake was born in 1891. His parents were Admiral Atwell Peregrine Macleod Lake (1842–1915) and Constance Mary Turner. Sir Henry Atwell Lake was his grandfather.[2]

On 30 June 1927, he was promoted from lieutenant-commander to commander.[3] On 31 December 1932, he was promoted from commander to captain.[4] He was appointed Commander of the Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces, and was granted unrestricted permission by the King of England to wear this award in 1946.[5] In the 1945 New Year Honours, he was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Wynd, Michael. "Lists of Commanding Officers NZ Division of the RN/RNZN Fleets". The Family History Network. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ↑  Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1892). "Lake, Henry Atwell". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 415f.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33290. p. 4235. 1 July 1927. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33899. p. 48. 3 January 1933. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37505. p. 1441. 15 March 1946. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36866. p. 3. 29 December 1944. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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