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Admiral SIR Walter James Hunt-Grubbe, G.C.B., Royal Navy (23 February, 1832 – 11 April, 1922) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Hunt-Grubbe was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1884, vice Hewett.^[1] He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard on 1 August, 1888.^[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 August, 1890, vice Lethbridge.^[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 20 February, 1895, vice Clanwilliam.^[4]

"A Link with the Old Navy" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 13 April, 1922. Issue 43005, col F, pg. 14.

Naval Offices
Preceded by Nowell Salmon	Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station 1885 – 1888	Succeeded by Richard Wells
Preceded by Henry D. Grant	Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard 1888 – 1891	Succeeded by Sir Robert H. More Molyneux
Preceded by Sir Richard V. Hamilton	President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1894 – 1897	Succeeded by Richard E. Tracey

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 ==Early Life & Career==
-Hunt-Grubbe was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 8 July, 1884, vice Hewett.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25375/pages/3176 no. 25375.  p. 3176.]  11 July, 1884.</ref>
+Hunt-Grubbe was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 8 July, 1884, vice Hewett.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25375/pages/3176 no. 25375.  p. 3176.]  11 July, 1884.</ref>  He was appointed [[Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard]] on 1 August, 1888.<ref>''Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 355.</ref>
 He was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 2 August, 1890, vice [[Thomas Bridgeman Lethbridge|Lethbridge]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26076/pages/4282 no. 26076.  p. 4282.]  5 August, 1890.</ref>