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He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 16 July, 1915, vice [[Ernest Gillbe Barton|Barton]], and was placed on the Retired List on 17 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29236/pages/3381 no. 7073.  p. 7073.]  20 July, 1915.</ref>  He was advanced to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 3 November, 1919,<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31632/pages/13545 no. 31632.  p. 13545.]  7 November, 1919.</ref> and to {{AdmRN}} on 1 August, 1924.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32963/pages/5954 no. 32963.  p. 5954.]  8 August, 1924.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 16 July, 1915, vice [[Ernest Gillbe Barton|Barton]], and was placed on the Retired List on 17 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29236/pages/3381 no. 7073.  p. 7073.]  20 July, 1915.</ref>  He was advanced to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 3 November, 1919,<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31632/pages/13545 no. 31632.  p. 13545.]  7 November, 1919.</ref> and to {{AdmRN}} on 1 August, 1924.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32963/pages/5954 no. 32963.  p. 5954.]  8 August, 1924.</ref>
 
==Who was Who==
 
ANSTRUTHER, Adm. Robert Hamilton
 
CMG 1907
 
 
Born 10 June 1862; 3rd s of Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Bt; m 1890, Edith Flora, d of late W. F. Peel; one s ; died 26 Sept. 1938
 
 
EDUCATION
 
Cheam School; HMS Britannia
 
 
CAREER
 
Entered Navy, 1875; Lieut, 1885; Commander, 1897; Captain, 1904; Rear-Adm., 1915; Vice-Adm., 1919; Admiral retired, 1924; late Senior Naval Officer Newfoundland Fisheries; Admiral in charge at Hong-Kong, 1912–16; retired, 1919; holds Order of the Rising Sun, Japan
 
 
PUBLICATION
 
Sea-faring Phrases, English and Italian (with Captain R. Settembrini)
 
 
RECREATIONS
 
Golf, fishing
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 12:40, 5 April 2011

Admiral Robert Hamilton Anstruther, C.M.G., Royal Navy (10 June, 1862 – 26 September, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Anstruther was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.[1]

Captain

Anstruther was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[2]

Anstruther was appointed to the Tamar as Commodore, Second Class on 26 April, 1912, as Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong.[3] He took up the appointment on 12 July.[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 16 July, 1915, vice Barton, and was placed on the Retired List on 17 July.[5] He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 3 November, 1919,[6] and to Admiral on 1 August, 1924.[7]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 18 April, 1912. Issue 39876, col E, pg. 4.
  4. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (October, 1915). p. 8.
  5. London Gazette: no. 7073. p. 7073. 20 July, 1915.
  6. London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  7. London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Robert H. Anstruther" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 September, 1938. Issue 48110, col C, pg. 14.

Service Records