Walter James Hunt-Grubbe

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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.

Early Life & Career

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]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 25375. p. 3176. 11 July, 1884.
  2. Navy List (March, 1891). p. 355.
  3. London Gazette: no. 26076. p. 4282. 5 August, 1890.
  4. London Gazette: no. 26601. p. 1067. 22 February, 1895.

Bibliography

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

Service Records


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