Julian Patterson
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|birth_date=6 May 1884
|death_date=23 June 1972
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1904-1933
|rank= Rear Admiral
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Rear Admiral Julian Francis Chichester Patterson OBE (1884–1972) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
Naval career
Born on 6 May 1884, he was the son of the Rev. Julian Edward Chichester Patterson,{{Who's Who|title=Patterson, Rear-Adm. Julian Francis Chichester|id=U158319|access-date=5 May 2023}} rector of Pitchford, married in 1883 to Frances Alice Gordon, daughter of William Francis Gordon, mayor of Lichfield in 1880.{{cite book |last1=Horton |first1=T. R. |title=The Registers of Pitchford, Shropshire. 1558-1812 : Pitchford, Eng. (Parish) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/registersofpitch00pitc/page/n13/mode/1up |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Marriages |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000379/18830608/031/0005 |work=Lichfield Mercury |date=8 June 1883|page=5}}{{cite news |title=Death of Mr. W. F. Gordon, of Lichfield |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000484/19010914/084/0008 |work=Tamworth Herald |date=14 September 1901|page=8}}
Julian Patterson was educated at Bedford School and at Britannia Royal Naval College. He received his first commission in the Royal Navy in 1904 and served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, serving at the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Between April 1931 and August 1932 he commanded HMS Hood, flagship of the Royal Navy's Battle Cruiser Squadron
Rear Admiral Julian Patterson retired from the Royal Navy in 1933. He died on 23 June 1972.[http://www.hmshood.com/crew/biography/patterson_bio.htm H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - Biography of Rear-Admiral Julian Francis Chichester Patterson, O.B.E]
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Category:People educated at Bedford School
Category:Royal Navy rear admirals