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| Compton Edward Domville R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 10 October 1842 | | Born |
| 3 November 1876 | | Married Isabella (died 1929), daughter of Captain Edmund Yates Peel |
| 1898 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
| 1903 | | G.V.C.O. |
| 1904 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
| 19 November 1924 | | Died |
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| Date | Rank |
| 28 October 1862 | Lieutenant |
| 2 September 1868 | Commander |
| 27 March 1876 | Captain |
| 4 January 1891 | Rear-Admiral |
| 23 February 1897 | Vice-Admiral |
| 25 January 1902 | Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 16 April 1866 | | Lieutenant commander in Algerine |
| 13 August 1874 | | Commander in Dryad (from commissioning at Plymouth), North America and West Indies |
| (1879) | 19 September 1879 | Captain of the Royal Naval College |
| 19 September 1879 | 16 February 1883 | Captain in Dido (until paying off at , Barbados), west coast of Africa, then (October 1881), North America and West Indies |
| 1888 | 1891 | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria |
| 1891 | 1894 | Director of naval ordnance |
| 1897 | ??????? 2 | Superintendant of Naval Reserves |
| 1902 | 1905 | Commander-in-chief, Mediterranean |