Robert Hamilton Anstruther
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]
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
- ↑ 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
