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Anstruther was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924. p. 7854.] 31 December, 1897.</ref> | Anstruther was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924. p. 7854.] 31 December, 1897.</ref> | ||
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Admiral Robert Hamilton Anstruther, C.M.G., Royal Navy, Retired (10 June, 1862 – 26 September, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Anstruther was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1885.[1]
Anstruther was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.[2]
Captain
Anstruther was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[3]
Anstruther was appointed to the Tamar as Commodore, Second Class on 26 April, 1912, as Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong.[4] He took up the appointment on 12 July.[5]
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.[6] He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 3 November, 1919,[7] and to Admiral on 1 August, 1924.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25485. p. 3002. 30 June, 1885.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 18 April, 1912. Issue 39876, col E, pg. 4.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (October, 1915). p. 8.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 7073. p. 7073. 20 July, 1915.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
- ↑ 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
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/20.
- 1862 births
- 1938 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1875
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cockatrice (1886)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hearty (1885)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Sirius (1892)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Brilliant (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cæsar (1896)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)
- Commodores-in-Charge, Hong Kong
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers