Robert Hastings Harris

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Admiral SIR Robert Hastings Harris, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (12 October, 1843 – 25 August, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Harris was promoted to the rank of Captain with seniority of 9 December, 1879.[1]

Harris was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 January, 1895.[2]

On 19 February, 1901, Harris was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Andoe.[3] On 6 November, 1900, for his services in South Africa, he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).[4]

Harris was appointed President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 6 August, 1903 in succession to Admiral Sir Robert H. M. Molyneux.[5] On 1 September, 1904, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Stephenson.[6]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, Harris was placed on the Retired List on 12 October, 1908.[7]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 24791. p. 7324. 12 December, 1879.
  2. London Gazette: no. 26585. p. 7. 1 January, 1895.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27244. p. 6766. 6 November, 1900.
  5. "New President of the Royal Naval College" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 July, 1903. Issue 37142, col F, pg. 7.
  6. London Gazette: no. 27715. p. 6044. 20 September, 1904.
  7. London Gazette: no. 28185. p. 7381. 13 October, 1908.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir R. H. Harris" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 26 August, 1926. Issue 44360, col D, pg. 12.
  • Harris, Admiral Sir Robert Hastings (1913). From Naval Cadet to Admiral. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd..

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lewis A. Beaumont
Commodores, Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron
1893 – 1895
Succeeded by
George L. Atkinson
Preceded by
Compton E. Domvile
Second-in-Command,
Mediterranean

1896 – 1898
Succeeded by
Gerard H. U. Noel
Preceded by
Sir Harry H. Rawson
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station
1898 – 1901
Succeeded by
Arthur W. Moore
Preceded by
Sir Robert H. More-Molyneux
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1903 – 1906
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe