Royal Naval College, Greenwich

History

The Royal Naval College was founded by the Order in Council of 16 January, 1873. The initial establishment was comprised of a Flag Officer as President, a Captain, Royal Navy, a Director of Studies, and Professors of Mathematics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Applied Mechanics, and of Fortification, and others as needed.

Presidents of the College

Dates of appointments given:

• Vice-Admiral Sir Astley C. Key, 2 January, 1873
• Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe, 22 December, 1875
• Admiral Charles F. A. Shadwell, 1 March, 1878
• Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 1 March, 1881
• Admiral William G. Luard, 28 November, 1882
• Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth, 28 November, 1885
• Admiral Sir William Graham, 29 November, 1888
• Admiral Sir R. Vesey Hamilton, 28 September, 1891
• Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 1 October, 1894
• Admiral Sir Richard E. Tracey, 1 October, 1897
• Admiral Sir Robert H. M. Molyneux, 1 October, 1900
• Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris, 1 October, 1903
• Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe, 1 October, 1906
• Admiral Sir John Durnford, 23 March, 1908
• Admiral Sir Frederic W. Fisher, 23 March, 1911
• Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 24 October, 1914
• Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, 18 January, 1915
• Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, 4 December, 1916
• Vice-Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham, 1 August, 1919
• Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C. T. Tudor, 15 November, 1920
• Rear-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond, 26 February, 1922^{[Citation needed]} – 27 February, 1923
• Admiral George P. W. Hope, 1923^{[Citation needed]}
• Admiral Richard Webb, 1926^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 1929^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral William H. D. Boyle, late 1929^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral Barry Edward Domvile, 1932^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral Ragnar M. Colvin, 1934^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral Sidney R. Bailey, 1937^{[Citation needed]}

Directors of Studies

• Thomas A. Hirst, 1 February, 1873.
• William D. Niven, 1882 – 1903.

Captain of the Royal Naval College

• Captain Atwell P. MacL. Lake, 1889
• Captain Robert W. Stopford, 7 January, 1892
• Captain John Durnford, 7 January, 1895
• Captain John P. Pipon, 12 November, 1895
• Captain Spencer H. M. Login, 23 September, 1898
• Rear-Admiral Henry J. May, 18 September, 1900
• Captain Edmond J. W. Slade, 13 May, 1904
• Captain Edward C. Villiers, 8 October, 1906
• Captain Edward H. Moubray, 8 December, 1908
• Captain Herbert J. O. Millar, 8 December, 1910
• Captain William F. Slayter, 8 December, 1912
• Rear-Admiral (Retired) Edmund P. F. Jervoise, August, 1914

Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton, Compton Edward Domvile, Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald, Alexander Plantagenet Hastings and George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey may also have held this position at some point.^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

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