Edward_Simpson_(governor)

Edward Simpson (governor)

Edward Simpson (governor)

U.S. Navy officer (1860–1930)

Rear Admiral Edward Simpson Jr. (September 16, 1860 – September 6, 1930) was a United States Navy officer who briefly served as the acting 20th Naval Governor of Guam from May 8, 1916 to May 30, 1916.[1] Simpson, commandant of the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay and the U.S. Naval Station Sangley Point, took the position pending the arrival of appointed Governor Captain Roy Campbell Smith.[2] Prior to his command, he served as a naval attaché to London in 1911.[3]


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Rear Admiral Edward Simpson

He was born in Annapolis, Maryland, to Rear Admiral Edward Simpson Sr.[4] He retired in 1924, and died in his Ruxton, Maryland, home ten days before his 70th birthday.[5]

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    "Naval Era Governors of Guam". Guampedia. Guam: University of Guam. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
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    Cox, Leonard Martin; Edward John Dorn (1917). Kenneth Chafee McIntosh and Merlyn Grail Cook (ed.). Island of Guam. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. p. 46. Retrieved 16 January 2011. Edward Simpson Guam.
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    The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book. Chicago: Chicago Daily News. 1911. p. 247. Retrieved 16 January 2011. Edward Simpson Guam.
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    Felt, Robert G. (1986). "A Century of Service" (PDF). Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America. 37.
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    "Admiral Simpson, Schley Aide, Dies; He Had Served 44 Years in The Navy--Father Also a Naval Officer. Navy Cross Awarded Him Cited for Meritorious Service as Commandant of Philippine Yards --Was Retired in 1924". The New York Times. September 7, 1930.


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