Henry Felix Woods

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"Sir Henry Woods, KCVO, Lt RN; late Admiral and Pasha in the Imperial Ottoman Naval Service; Grand Cordon of the Medijeh and Osmanieh; Knight Commander of the Saxe-Coburg Order; Aide-de-Camp for some years to the late Sultan, Abdul Hamid"

Start of the autobiography "Spunyarn".

A British naval officer, born in Jersey and educated at the Upper School of Greenwich Hospital (London), which offered training for the British Navy. After finishing top of the year, he entered as a navigator, or Masters Assistant.

He was attatched to the British Embassy in the Ottoman Empire, and eventually joined the Imprial Ottoman Navy, where he was given the rank of Admiral.