other people RobertDigby Infobox military person name RobertDigby birth date December 20, 1732 death ... Britain serviceyears rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral commands North America and West Indies Station North American Station branch navy Kingdom of Great Britain unit battles American Revolutionary War awards laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral RobertDigby December 20, 1732 &ndash February 25, 1815 was an officer in the RoyalNavyofficer who also served briefly as an Member of Parliament MP . Naval career Digby was the third son of Charlotte Fox and the Hon. Edward Digby 1714 1746 , eldest son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby . ref name bio http www.admuseum.ns.ca rearadmiral.html Admiral Digby Museum ref He entered the navy aged twelve or thirteen, and became Captain of HMS Solebay 1742 ... in 1783, Digby helped to organise the evacuation of some 1,500 United Empire Loyalists to the small port of Digby, Nova Scotia Conway in Nova Scotia . ref name bio The settlement he led transformed the tiny village into a town, which in 1787 was renamed Digby . ref name bio The town s museum was also named the Admiral Digby Museum in his honour. He was recalled to home waters in 1787, was promoted to Admiral of the Blue , and retired from the navy in 1794. ref name bio Family His father died before inheriting the family s title, Baron Digby in the peerage of Ireland , and on the death in 1752 of the William Digby, 5th Baron Digby 5th Baron , the title passed to the admiral s oldest brother Edward Digby, 6th Baron Digby Edward . When Edward died in 1757, the title was inherited by their brother Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby Henry , and Robert was elected to succeed Edward as MP for Wells ... s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Digby, RobertDigby ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ... 25, 1815 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Digby, RobertDigby Category 1732 births Category 1815 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals Category History of Nova Scotia Category Members of the Parliament ... more details
RobertDigby, died leaving Henry the estate in Minterne Magna to which he retired with his family. Digby did not leave the RoyalNavy however, and continued to serve for many years, advancing by seniority ... Persondata . NAME Digby, Henry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION RoyalNavy admiral DATE ... caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears rank RoyalNavy Rear Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 22px RoyalNavy commands HMS Incendiary ... Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath laterwork Admiral of the Blue Sir Henry Digby Order of the Bath GCB 20 January 1770 19 August 1842 was a senior British naval officer, who served in the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in the RoyalNavy . Born into a long established naval family, his uncle was the famous Admiral RobertDigby , Henry went to sea at the end ... amassed by Digby paid for a comfortable life. He continued to serve in the navy, was appointed Commander in Chief , Sheerness and attained the rank of Admiral in 1841. Early life The nephew of RobertDigbyRoyalNavyofficerRobertDigby , Henry was born in Bath, Somerset Bath on the 20 January 1770. ref name BB261 Broadly & Bartelot 1906 p.261 ref His father, the Hon. Rev. William Digby, was the younger ..., Charles George 1780 and Joseph 1786 , also served in the RoyalNavy . ref Broadly & Bartelot 1906 ... deaths Category People from Bath, Somerset Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Knights Grand Cross ... British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category RoyalNavy captains at the Battle of Trafalgar ... Henry Digby birth date 20 January 1770 death date 19 August 1842 birth place Bath, Somerset Bath , England ... in August 1795 and Captain in December 1796, Digby established a reputation as an aggressive ... orders, having been instructed by Horatio Nelson Nelson to avoid battle, fearing Digby s small ship of the line would be overwhelmed. In 1806 Digby married Lady Jane Elizabeth Coke, daughter of Thomas ... more details
RobertDigby may refer to RobertDigby, 1st Baron Digby c. 1599 1642 RobertDigby, 3rd Baron Digby 1654 1677 RobertDigbyRoyalNavyofficer , English Member of Parliament for Wells 1757 1761 See also Robert James Thomas Digby Jones , Scottish recipient of the VC hndis name Digby, Robert ... more details
HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1930 ref name appoints http www.gulabin.com armynavy pdf ROYAL 20NAVY 20WARSHIPS.pdf Captains commanding RoyalNavy Warships ref and went on to be Flag Officer Scotland, Northern ... Auction.net ref Davenport joined the RoyalNavy as a cadet in 1896. ref name admirals http www.admirals.org.uk admirals individual.php?RecNo 293 RoyalNavy Flag Officers 1904 1945 ref He served in the Second Boer War and World War I . ref name net He became Commanding Officer ..., Robert Category 1882 births Category 1965 deaths Category Companions of the Order of the Bath Category RoyalNavy admirals ...Infobox military person name Robert Davenport image caption birth date 13 April 1882 death date 15 June 1965 birth place Abingdon, Oxfordshire Abingdon , Oxfordshire nickname allegiance flag United Kingdom branch navy United Kingdom serviceyears 1896 1938 br 1939 1946 rank Vice Admiral RoyalNavy Vice Admiral unit commands HMS Despatch D30 HMS Despatch br HMS Queen Elizabeth 1913 HMS Queen Elizabeth br Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland Coast of Scotland battles Second Boer War br World War I br World War II awards Companion of the Order of the Bath relations Vice Admiral RoyalNavy Vice Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport Order of the Bath CB 13 April 1882 &ndash 15 June 1965 was a RoyalNavyofficer who became Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland Commander in Chief, Coast of Scotland . Naval career Educated on HMS Prince of Wales 1860 HMS Britannia ... of Convoys from 1939 and then on the Selection Board for Temporary Commissions in the Royal Naval Reserve Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1941 until his final retirement in 1946. ref name net Family ... HMS Tetcott ref References reflist S start s mil succession box title Flag Officer Scotland, Northern ... Davenport, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 13 April 1882 PLACE OF BIRTH Abingdon ... more details
in the RoyalNavy and became Flag Officer, Submarines. ref Debrett s People of Today 1994 ref His nephew, Dick Raikes, also served in the RoyalNavy and launched the Operation Frankton Cockleshell ... Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2005 ref before becoming Director of the Old Royal Naval College RoyalNavy ...Infobox military person name Sir Robert Raikes birth date 1885 death date 1953 birth place death place image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1900 1944 rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral commands South Atlantic Station branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy unit battles World War I br World War II awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath br Commander of the Royal Victorian Order br Distinguished Service Order laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir Robert Henry Taunton Raikes Order of the Bath KCB Royal Victorian Order CVO Distinguished Service Order DSO 1885 1953 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be South Atlantic Station Commander in Chief, South Atlantic Station . Naval career Raikes joined the RoyalNavy in 1900. ref name lh http www.kcl.ac.uk lhcma locreg RAIKES2.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives ref He served in World War I , earning the Distinguished Service Order DSO in 1916, ref http www.naval history.net WW1NavyBritishLondonGazette1610.htm World War 1 at Sea ref and went on to be Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Portsmouth ref name tele http www.telegraph.co.uk news ... on to be Flag Officer, Aberdeen from 1942 to 1944. ref name lh He lived at Mantyley Chase in Newent ..., Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1885 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1956 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Raikes, Robert Category 1885 births Category 1956 deaths Category RoyalNavy World War II admirals Category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Category Companions of the Distinguished Service Order ... more details
Infobox military person name Sir Robert Lowry image caption birth date 4 March 1854 death date 29 May 1920 placeofburial label placeofburial birth place death place placeofburial coordinates coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname allegiance flag United Kingdom branch navy United Kingdom serviceyears c.1872 1917 rank Admiral United Kingdom Admiral unit commands HMS Russell 1901 HMS Russell br Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland Rosyth battles World War I awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath relations laterwork Admiral Sir Robert Swinburne Lowry Order of the Bath KCB 4 March 1854 &ndash 29 May 1920 was a RoyalNavyofficer who became Flag Officer Scotland ... Royal Naval College Royal Naval College, Dartmouth , ref name bio http www.ebooksread.com authors eng edward walford the county families of the united kingdom or royal manual of the titled and un fla page 226 .shtml The county families of the United Kingdom or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Robert Walford ref Lowry was made a lieutenant in the RoyalNavy in 1875. ref LondonGazette issue 24256 supp startpage 4905 date 19 October ... 201900 .pdf Senior RoyalNavy Appointments ref He was made Commander of the 5th Cruiser Squadron in November 1908, Commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in February 1909 and then Flag Officer Scotland ... RoyalNavy World War I admirals ... Channel Fleet in April 1907 and President of the Royal Naval War College at Portsmouth in November ... Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland Commander in Chief, Rosyth before New Post after Frederick Hamilton RoyalNavyofficer Sir Frederick Hamilton years 1913&ndash 1916 end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lowry, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 4 March 1854 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 29 May 1920 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lowry, Robert ... more details
Hall, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1817 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 11 June 1882 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hall, Robert Category 1817 births Category 1882 deaths Category Companions of the Order of the Bath Category RoyalNavy officers ...Infobox military person name Robert Hall image caption birth date 1817 death date 11 June 1882 placeofburial label placeofburial birth place death place placeofburial coordinates coord LAT LONG display inline,title nickname allegiance flag United Kingdom branch navy United Kingdom serviceyears rank Captain RoyalNavy Captain unit commands battles Crimean War awards Companion of the Order of the Bath relations laterwork Captain RoyalNavy Captain Robert Hall Order of the Bath CB 1817 &ndash 11 June 1882 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy . Naval career Hall joined the RoyalNavy in 1833. ref name loney http www.pdavis.nl ShowBiog.php?id 44 William Loney RN ref Promoted to Captain in 1855, he commanded HMS Gladiator 1844 HMS Gladiator in the Sea of Azov and HMS Miranda 1851 HMS Miranda in the Black sea during the Crimean War . ref name loney He was then given command of HMS Termagant 1847 HMS Termagant . ref name loney He was appointed Private secretary to the Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset Duke of Somerset Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty First Lord of the Admiralty in 1863, Superintendent of Pembroke Dock Pembroke dockyard in 1866 ref http www.battleships cruisers.co.uk pembroke dockyard.htm Pembroke Dockyard ref and Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1871. ref name loney He went on to be Naval Secretary of the Admiralty in 1872 and Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty in 1882. ref name loney References reflist s start s mil succession box title Third Sea Lord Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy before Robert Spencer Robinson Sir Robert Robinson after William Houston ... more details
Robert Guy Royal Victorian Order LVO was educated at Radley College and entered the RoyalNavy in 1966. After training and subsequent service in two frigate s, he was the Aide de camp ADC to The Governor of Gibraltar in 1972 and then commanded successively HMS Ashton and HMS Kedleston , both of the List of squadrons and flotillas of the RoyalNavy Fisheries Fishery Protection Squadron . He qualified as a Warfare Officer in 1975 and then was the Operations Officer of HMS Arrow . Robert Guy was Equerry The Equerry to Elizabeth II The Queen from 1977 to 1980. Robert Guy returned to sea in 1981, as second in command, first of HMS Antelope F170 HMS Antelope , ref GUY, Captain Robert Lincoln . Who s Who 2009 . ed 161, p.966 ref from which he was last off minutes before she blew up during the Falklands War , and then of HMS Liverpool D92 HMS Liverpool . After promotion to Commander, he commanded ... College and a short period as Senior Naval Officer Falkland Islands, Robert Guy held a number of key staff appointments, mainly in London, as the Fleet Programming Officer, the Naval Assistant to the Chief ... Persondata . NAME Guy, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Guy, Robert Category Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Category RoyalNavy officers Category Living people ... of the Staff of the Joint Services Defence College at Greenwich . He resigned early from the Navy ... polo, which he stopped playing in 1992 during his time as Captain of Naval Polo, the Navy won, for the first time in its history, The Inter Regimental Cup, the premier services tournament. Robert Guy is married and has two daughters. He was made a Royal Victorian Order Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order LVO in 1980. ref name Times60749 ref Note He was actually made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order 4th class which was changed to Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1985 for current ... more details
RoyalNavyofficer Sir Arthur Moore end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Harris, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1844 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1926 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Harris, Robert Category 1844 births Category 1926 deaths Category RoyalNavy ... ndp del article 14383418?searchTerm Robert Harris Vice Admiral Sir Robert Harris Sydney Morning Herald, 23 February 1901 ref and full Admiral in 1904 he went on to be President of the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich . ref http www.fleetorganization.com 1906rnadmirals.html RoyalNavy Flag Officers ...Infobox military person name Sir Robert Harris birth date 1844 death date 1926 birth place death place image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral commands Cape of Good Hope Station branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy unit battles Second Boer War awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Penruddock Harris Order of the Bath KCB 1844 1926 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be Cape of Good Hope Station Commander in Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station . Naval career Harris joined the RoyalNavy in 1856. ref name anglo http www.angloboerwar.com home Anglo Boer War ref Promoted to Captain naval Captain in 1879 and to Rear Admiral in 1891, he commanded the Training Squadron from 1893 to 1895 before becoming Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1896. ref name anglo He was appointed Cape of Good Hope Station Commander in Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1898 and played an important role in the Second Boer War ref name anglo in October 1899 he formed a Naval Brigade and despatched the brigade to support General Frederick Forestier Walker in defeating of the Boers at the Battle of Ladysmith one of the guns surrendered ... trev.rh Fhist whole allg114.htm Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Penruddock Harris ref Family ... more details
20143.html Cricinfo Captain RoyalNavy Captain Robert John Shaw Most Excellent Order of the British Empire MBE 10 February 1900 &ndash 5 August 1995 was an English people English RoyalNavyofficer and cricket ... club3 RoyalNavy Cricket Club RoyalNavy year3 1926&ndash 1928 clubnumber3 club4 Buckinghamshire ... the RoyalNavy in 1913, where he was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne Naval College Royal Naval College, Osborne and Royal Naval College, Dartmouth , where he studied until the end of 1915. ref name UNIT cite web url http www.unithistories.com officers RN officersS1b.html title Profile Robert ... stages of World War I with the RoyalNavy , entering as a Midshipman . Six months into his wartime ... Navy Lieutenant , which he obtained on 31 August 1920. The following year he served aboard the Royal ..., by 31 August 1928 he had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Commander RoyalNavy Lieutenant Commander ... he was promoted to Commander RoyalNavy Commander . ref name UNIT His service in the navy continued to the start of World War II , having been promoted to Captain RoyalNavy Captain months before ... Navy Cricket Club RoyalNavy against the Army cricket team Army in 1926. He made four further first class appearances for the RoyalNavy, the last of which came against the Royal Air Force ... score, one of two half century fifties for the RoyalNavy, came against the Army in 1928. ref cite web url http www.cricketarchive.com Archive Scorecards 12 12716.html title Army v RoyalNavy, 1928 ... Wycombe Category Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Category RoyalNavy personnel of World War I Category RoyalNavy officers Category Members of the Order of the British Empire Category English cricketers Category English wicket keepers Category Buckinghamshire cricketers Category RoyalNavy ...Infobox cricketer biography playername country England fullname Robert John Shaw nickname living partialdates ... the war he was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Military Division ... more details
PA429&dq 22Admiral Robert Henderson 22 Persondata NAME Henderson, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British RoyalNavy admiral DATE OF BIRTH 1778 PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen , Scotland DATE OF DEATH 14 January 1843 PLACE OF DEATH Aberdeen , Scotland DEFAULTSORT Henderson, Robert Category 1778 births Category 1843 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals Category British naval personnel of the French ...Infobox military person name Robert Henderson birth date 1778 death date 14 January 1843 birth place Aberdeen , Scotland death place Aberdeen , Scotland image caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1792 to 1843 rank RoyalNavy Rear Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 22px RoyalNavy commands unit battles French Revolutionary Wars br Napoleonic Wars br Invasion of le de France awards laterwork Rear Admiral Robert Henderson 1778 &ndash 14 June 1843 was an officer of the British RoyalNavy who fought in several colonial actions and operations during his service in the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . Henderson served in small cruising warships in the West Indies during the early years of the Napoleonic Wars and took part in the invasion and capture of Saint Lucia in 1803 and operations off Trinidad in 1804. In 1810, Henderson commanded French frigate V nus 1808 HMS Nereide at the Invasion of le de France and was awarded a pension for his service which he retained until he became a retired admiral in 1838. He died in 1843. Military career Henderson was born in 1778, the son of prominent naval officer Captain William Henderson of Aberdeen , an important landowner in Forfarshire . Educated at Marischal College , Henderson followed his father into the British RoyalNavy in 1792 as a midshipman in HMS Southampton 1757 HMS Southampton shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary ... cite web title Obituary, Rear Admiral Robert Henderson work Gentleman s Magazine , January to June ... more details
Robert Elliot Floruit fl. 1822 1833 , was an English naval officer, Captain in the RoyalNavy , and known as a topographical draughtsman from 1822 to 1824. File Delhi engraving by William Miller after W Purser.jpg thumb Engraving of Delhi , by William Miller engraver William Miller , from an original sketch by Elliot. Elliot made a series of sketches, taken on the spot, of views in India , Canton Guangzhou Canton , and the Red Sea . These were worked up by Samuel Prout , Clarkson Stanfield , and others into finished drawings and were published in parts by Fisher & Co., appearing 1830 3, under the title, Views in the East, comprising India, Canton, and the Red Sea, with Historical and Descriptive Letterpress by Emma Roberts. References reflist DNB wstitle Elliot, Robert fl.1822 1823 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Elliot, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Elliot, Robert Category Year of birth missing Category 19th century deaths Category 19th century British people England mil bio stub es Roberto Elliot ... more details
OF DEATH 17 March 1898 PLACE OF DEATH Dulwich , London DEFAULTSORT Coote, Robert Category 1820 births Category 1898 deaths Category Old Etonians Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Companions of the Order ...Infobox military person name Robert Coote image caption birth date 1 June 1820 death date 17 March 1898 birth place Geneva , Switzerland death place Dulwich , London nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy serviceyears 1833 1885 rank Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral unit commands HMS Volcano 1836 HMS Volcano br HMS Victory HMS Victory br Duncan class 1859 Career HMS Gibraltar HMS Gibraltar br HMS Arethusa 1849 HMS Arethusa br China Station battles Opium Wars awards Companion of the Order of the Bath relations laterwork Admiral RoyalNavy Admiral Robert Coote Order of the Bath CB 1 June 1820 &ndash 17 March 1898 was a RoyalNavyofficer who went on to be China Station Commander in Chief, China Station . Naval career Educated at Eton College , ref name bio http books.google.co.uk books?id zpR6uNPmV1EC&pg PA112 IA71&lpg PA112 IA71&dq Admiral 22Robert Coote 22&source bl&ots vnBkmzDatT&sig IHAeAj5 S7SSn9yVesH0m9RAoN4&hl en&ei 0c6TTPG8JcuNjAehhpW5BQ&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 7&ved 0CDMQ6AEwBg v onepage&q Admiral 20 22Robert 20Coote 22&f false Visitation of Ireland By Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, p. 112 ref Coote joined the RoyalNavy in 1833 ref name loney http www.pdavis.nl ShowBiog.php?id 978 William Loney RN ref and served on the coast of Syria in 1840. ref name bio He took part in the Opium Wars in 1847 ref name bio and was made Commander in HMS Volcano 1836 HMS Volcano in 1851. ref name loney Promoted to Captain naval Captain in 1854, he commanded HMS Victory HMS Victory from 1860, Duncan class 1859 Career HMS Gibraltar HMS Gibraltar from 1864 and HMS Arethusa 1849 ... Willes years 1878&ndash 1881 end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Coote, Robert ... more details
of the Greenwich Hospital London Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich , ref name odnb with the rank of Admiral. Family Stopford married Mary, daughter of Robert Fanshawe RoyalNavyofficerRobert ... Sir Robert Stopford Order of the Bath GCB , Order of St Michael and St George GCMG 5 February 1768 25 June 1847 , was a distinguished officer in the RoyalNavy whose career spanned over 60 years, from ... box title Commander in Chief, Portsmouth years 1827&ndash 1830 before George Martin RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Martin after Thomas Foley RoyalNavyofficer Sir Thomas Foley succession box title Mediterranean ... Rowley after Edward Owen RoyalNavyofficer Sir Edward Owen years 1837&ndash 1841 s hon succession box before George Martin RoyalNavyofficer Sir George Martin title Rear Admiral of the United ... Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 23px RoyalNavy serviceyears rank Admiral RoyalNavy ... Stopford, 2nd Earl of Courtown , and his wife Mary n e Powys . He joined the RoyalNavy in 1780 and became a Lieutenant in 1785. ref name odnb http www.oxforddnb.com view article 26588?docPos 1 Robert ... Finisterre . Stopford took her back to England as his prize. The RoyalNavy then bought her in as HMS ... RoyalNavy admirals Category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Category Knights Grand Cross ... Wars Category British naval personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category RoyalNavy personnel of the Syrian ...Infobox military person name Sir Robert Stopford image Image Robert Stopford.jpg 200px caption Robert ..., but the wound would plague him for the rest of his life. Image Admiral Sir Robert Stopford.jpg left thumb 200px Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, c. 1840, by Frederick Richard Say 1804 1868 Frederick ... in which he was exonerated. ref Tracy, Nicholas, Who s Who in Nelson s Navy 200 Heroes, Chatham ... under Stopford and Lieutenant General Sir Samuel Auchmuty British Army officer Samuel ... of London to Sir Robert Stopford, held in the collections of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich ... more details
and Ireland serviceyears rank Admiral United Kingdom Admiral branch RoyalNavy commands HMS Terror ... Robert joined the navy and was listed a lieutenant by 9 March 1739. ref name ODNB cite book last Laughton title Duff, Robert url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8172?docPos 18 ref He was advanced ... or as part of the main fleet, and in 1758 was part of Commodore RoyalNavy Commodore Richard Howe ... Category RoyalNavy admirals Category British naval personnel of the American Revolutionary War Category RoyalNavy personnel of the Seven Years War Category RoyalNavy personnel of the War of the Austrian ...Infobox military person name Robert Duff birth date c. 1721 death date 6 June 1787 image caption birth ... Earl Fife cousin br George Duff grandnephew br Norwich Duff great grandnephew br Robert Duff politician Robert Duff great grandson Robert Duff c.1721 &ndash 6 June 1787 was an officer of the RoyalNavy during the War of the Austrian Succession , the Seven Years War and the American War of Independence ... also to Robert s own spirited approach. Walking in his garden the father, Patrick Duff, came across a small boy and enquired And wha s laddie are you? to which his son, the future Admiral Robert ... Cherbourg and Battle of Saint Cast St Cas . ref name ODNB He became senior officer of a small squadron ... was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds for Old Royal Naval College Greenwich Hospital . Increasingly ill ... Duff Jean b. 1765, married 1791 James Clerk of Bonnington A son b.1766, dsp Robert William b.1767, grandfather of Robert Duff politician Robert Duff A child b. 1775, d. young Adam 1775 1840 James Alexander Duff 1777 1800 Another of Robert Duff s relations, his grandnephew George Duff , achieved distinction in the navy. He was part of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson Horatio Nelson s fleet ... J. K. Laughton chapter Duff, Robert title Oxford Dictionary of National Biography publisher ... years 1775 1775 s end NLLG Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Duff, Robert ALTERNATIVE ... more details
Robert Barlow Order of the Bath GCB 25 December 1757 &ndash 11 May 1843 was a senior and distinguished officer of the British RoyalNavy who saw extensive service in the American Revolutionary War , the French ... Persondata NAME Barlow, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British RoyalNavy admiral ..., including Robert s elder brother George Hilario Barlow who later became Governor General of India. Robert joined the Navy as a teenager and was promoted lieutenant in 1778, serving on HMS Courageux ... OF DEATH Canterbury , Kent DEFAULTSORT Barlow, Robert Category 1757 births Category 1843 deaths Category RoyalNavy admirals Category Knights Bachelor Category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ...other persons Robert Barlow Infobox military person name Sir Robert Barlow birth date 25 December 1757 death date 11 May 1843 birth place Covent Garden , London death place Cadogan Place Canterbury Cadogan Place , Canterbury image Image Replace this image male.svg 165px Replace caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1770s to 1843 rank RoyalNavy Admiral branch Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 22px RoyalNavy commands unit battles American Revolutionary ... of the Navy and was influential at the Admiralty right up to his death. Although born to a middle ... married into the naval aristocracy. Early career Robert Barlow was born in 1757 in Covent Garden ... of the navy before moving as superintendent of Chatham Dockyard . During this period he showed great ... Commander of the Order of the Bath three years before. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ... Library and Archive Catalogue publisher Royal Society accessdate 10 December 2010 ref Barlow enjoyed ... . ref name ODNB http www.oxforddnb.com view article 1437 Barlow, Sir Robert , Oxford Dictionary ... References cite web title Barlow, Robert work Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , John Knox ... Fellows of the Royal Society ... more details
Robert Wauchope , 1788 1862 was a British people British Admiral of the Fleet RoyalNavy admiral and inventor of the time ball . ref name AUB He was the fifth son of Andrew Wauchope d.1823 of Niddrie Marischall, Midlothian , Scotland, and Alice Baird d.1814 , daughter of William Baird of Newbyth. He joined the RoyalNavy in 1802, was commissioned in 1808, and served in the Napoleonic wars , notably as a lieutenant in Captain Samuel Pym s disastrous attack on Mauritius in August 1810. After the destruction of his ship, the French frigate Magicienne 1778 Magicienne , Wauchope set off in a cutter to R union , 140 miles away, to warn Commodore Josias Rowley . He was picked up by Rowley the next day, and took part in Admiral Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet Albemarle Bertie s capture of Mauritius ... name AUB In 1834 his brother in law, Admiral Patrick Campbell RoyalNavyofficer Patrick Campbell , invited ... . NAME Wauchope,Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1788 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1862 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wauchope,Robert Category 1788 births Category 1862 deaths Category People from Midlothian Category Scottish inventors Category RoyalNavy admirals Category ... his disapproval to Admiral Robert Plampin of his living openly with a kept mistress ibid, 87 . His ... books?id 9EKzLQL3RQEC&pg PA164&dq Robert Wauchope time ball&hl en&ei BBIYTe6mLNCGhQehyJi3Dg&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CCkQ6AEwAQ v onepage&q Robert 20Wauchope 20time ... coast of England, where the Royal Naval Academy was situated. ref name AUB In 1833 time balls were ... atop the Royal Observatory, Greenwich Royal Observatories at Royal Observatory, Greenwich Greenwich ... Dictionary 1849 Robert Wauchope, Time Signals for Chronometers The Nautical Magazine 1836 , 460 464 A short narrative of God s merciful dealings towards me 1862 William Laird Clowes, The RoyalNavy, a History, 5 6 1900 1 Derek Howse, Greenwich Time and the Longitude 1997 Ian R. Bartky, The Bygone ... more details
Spelling UK Image Lord Robert Manners 1758 1782 01.jpg thumb center Lord Robert Manners 1782 br by Sir Joshua Reynolds center Image Lord Robert Manners 1758 1782 00.jpg thumb center Death of Lord Robert Manners 1786 br by Thomas Stothard center Captain Lord Robert Manners 6 February 1758 23 April 1782 was an officer of the RoyalNavy and nobleman, the second son of John Manners, Marquess of Granby and Lady Frances Seymour. Educated at Eton College Eton , he entered the RoyalNavy in 1772. As the son of one of the greatest soldiers of the time, and grandson of a duke, he expected rapid advancement in rank. However, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Lord Sandwich , the First Lord of the Admiralty , resisted his promotion to lieutenant until he had served for six years, as regulations demanded. He was so promoted on 13 May 1778 aboard HMS Ocean 1761 HMS Ocean , and saw action in July at the First Battle of Ushant . He was moved to HMS Victory Victory , flagship of Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel Admiral Keppel , on 17 September 1778. Shortly after his promotion to lieutenant, Manners again began to appeal to the Admiralty for preferment. He was moved into HMS Alcide Alcide on 15 ... , he promoted Manners captain RoyalNavy captain and made him flag captain of HMS Resolution 1770 Resolution ... of Great Britain for English constituencies Category Old Etonians Category RoyalNavy officers .... Rodney lacked Sandwich s reservations about Manners, who proved a talented officer despite his ambition ... J. K. last Laughton authorlink John Knox Laughton chapter Manners, Lord Robert 1758 1782 editor Christopher ... April 1782 and was buried at sea. ref name odnb A painting of his death, titled Lord Robert Manners ... Collections Lord Robert Manners Mortally Wounded, on board the Resolution in the memorable Engagement ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Manners, Robert, Lord ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Manners, Robert, Lord Category 1758 births Category 1782 deaths Category Younger sons of marquesses ... more details
deaths Category Members of the pre 1707 Parliament of England Category RoyalNavy admirals de Robert ... RoyalNavy Captain Richard Atkyns . From this time stems a lifelong friendship with Maurice s brother ... cunning action, he took Goulden Lyon meanwhile named Walcheren taken into the RoyalNavy as a fourth ... Robert Holmes and the Restoration Navy . London 1969 J.D. Davies Gentlemen and Tarpaulins. The Officers ...File Sir Frescheville Holles 1641 72 and Sir Robert Holmes 1622 92 by Peter Lely.jpg thumb 300px right Sir Frescheville Holles and Sir Robert Holmes, painted by Peter Lely Sir Robert Holmes ca. 1622 &ndash ... Restoration Restoration Navy . He took part in the Second Anglo Dutch War second and third Anglo Dutch .... Holmes is chiefly remembered for his exploits on the cruise to Guinea 1664 for the Royal African ... both of the quarrelsome restoration officer and of the coming into being of the British professional naval officer . The Interregnum Military beginnings Born in or about 1622 the son of Henry Holmes ... the grandchild of the Robert Holmes named Provost civil provost of Mallow in 1612. He first ... into his first contact with the navy. He participated in the epic cruise of the Royalist fleet of 1649 ... of Sandwich Edward Montagu , by whose commission he obtained his first command in the navy, the Medway guardship Bramble . Restoration Officer Upon Charles II s return to England, Holmes was rewarded ... off to England, prompted the Royal African Company, whose director was the Duke of York ... was appointed captain of the flagship , Royal Charles , which he lost quickly after having failed ... . Since he commanded navy ships, everything he had taken was not automatically the company s property ..., Robert Sansum , was killed, Holmes claimed his post which Rupert endorsed , but James gave the flag ... rivalries were a hallmark of the restoration navy, and Holmes used the conduct of the St. James s Day ... i.e. laid up at Chatham, Kent Chatham and hijacked Royal Charles . After that year s campaign ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Image 1stLordDigby.jpg thumb right 200px Lord Digby Wikisource Speech against the attainder of Strafford Lord Digby s speech against the attainder of Strafford RobertDigby, 1st Baron Digby died 6 June 1642 was an Anglo Irish peer. Digby was the son of Sir RobertDigby of Coleshill, Warwickshire and Lettice Digby, 1st Baroness Offaly Lettice FitzGerald , of Geashill , Ireland , granddaughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare . John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol , was his uncle, and Essex Digby, Bishop of Dromore , his brother. Digby notably served as Governor of King s County, Ireland King s County in Ireland. In 1620 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Digby , of Geashill. He married, firstly, Lady Sarah Boyle , daughter of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Catherine Fenton this marriage produced a son, Kildare. Digby married secondly, Elizabeth Altham, daughter of Sir James Altham and his second wife, Mary Stapers. He died in 1642 and was succeeded in the barony by his son, Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby c. 1627 1694 . Start box S reg ie Succession box title Baron Digby before New Creation after Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby Kildare Digby years 1620&ndash 1642 End box DEFAULTSORT Digby, RobertDigby, 1st Baron Category Year of birth missing Category 1642 deaths Category Barons in the Peerage of Ireland ... more details
RobertDigby, 3rd Baron Digby 30 April 1654 29 December 1677 was an England English peer and Member of Parliament . Digby was the son of Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby , and Mary Gardiner. In 1661, aged 7, he succeeded his father as third Baron Digby. As this was an Peerage of Ireland Irish peerage it did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords and in May 1677 he was elected to the British House of Commons House of Commons for Warwick UK Parliament constituency Warwick . He died in December of the same year, aged only 23. Lord Digby never married and was succeeded in his title by his younger brother Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby Simon . References Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David editors . Debrett s Peerage and Baronetage 1990 edition . New York St Martin s Press, 1990. rayment http www.thepeerage.com www.thepeerage.com start box s par en succession box title Warwick UK Parliament constituency Member of Parliament for Warwick br small with Francis Compton Sir Francis Compton small before Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke Fulke Greville br Francis Compton Sir Francis Compton after Francis Compton Sir Francis Compton br Sir John Bowyer, 2nd Baronet Sir John Bowyer years 1677 s reg ie succession box title Baron Digby before Kildare Digby, 2nd Baron Digby Kildare Digby after Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby Simon Digby years 1661&ndash 1677 end box DEFAULTSORT Digby, RobertDigby, 3rd Baron Category 1654 births Category 1677 deaths Category Barons in the Peerage of Ireland Category Members of the pre 1707 Parliament of England ... more details
Infobox military person name Robert James Thomas Digby Jones birth date 27 September 1876 death date 6 January 1900 aged 23 birth place Edinburgh , Scotland death place Ladysmith, South Africa placeofburial Ladysmith Cemetery image Image VCRobertJamesThomasDigby Jones.jpg 175px caption nickname allegiance flagicon United Kingdom United Kingdom serviceyears 1896 1900 KIA rank Lieutenant branch Image Flag of the British Army.svg 23px British Army commands unit Royal Engineers battles Second Boer War awards Victoria Cross laterwork Royal Engineers A.F.C. player Robert James Thomas Digby Jones 27 September 1876 &ndash 6 January 1900 was a Scotland Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , ref http www.remuseum.org.uk rem his vc.htm 1d Royal Engineers Museum Sappers VCs ref the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to United Kingdom British and Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth forces. Details He was 23 years old, and a lieutenant in the Corps of Royal Engineers , British Army during the South African War Boer War when the following ... library main.php?g2 itemId 646142 Photo of memorial in Ladysmith cemetery listing Robert James Thomas Digby Jones, from Genealogical Society of South Africa online library. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Digby Jones, Robert James Thomas ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... OF DEATH Ladysmith, South Africa DEFAULTSORT Digby Jones, Robert James Thomas Category 1876 births ... Ladysmith, South Africa Ladysmith , South Africa , Lieutenant Digby Jones and a trooper Herman Albrecht ... moment, just as the three foremost attacking Boers reached it. The leader was shot by Lieutenant Digby ... his brave deeds. The medal His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum Chatham ... Royal Engineers officers Category British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Category Old Sedberghians Category Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Category Royal Engineers A.F.C. ... more details
RobertDigby disambiguation , for various people with the same given name Robert James Thomas ... Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force was referred to as a DigbyDigby, the Biggest Dog in the World ... Pushing Daisies Archangel Digby, a fictional character in Robert Heinlein s Stranger In A Strange Land ...wiktionary DigbyDigby may refer to Geographic locations Australia Digby, Victoria Canada Digby County, Nova Scotia Digby, Nova Scotia , town Digby, Nova Scotia municipal district , eastern half of Digby County Digby Annapolis Regional Airport Digby Neck , peninsula in Digby County Digby electoral district , a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia 1867 1914 Digby and Annapolis , a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia 1917 1935 Digby Annapolis Kings , a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia 1935 1949 and 1953 1968 Digby Yarmouth , a former federal electoral district in Nova Scotia 1949 1953 Digby provincial electoral district , a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia 1867 1993 Digby Annapolis , a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia 1993 present England Digby, Devon , a village in Exeter Digby and Sowton railway station Digby, Lincolnshire , a village in North Kesteven RAF Digby People Surname Anne Digby , prolific British children s author Baron Digby , title in the Peerage of Ireland Edward Digby disambiguation , for various people with the same given name Everard Digby 1578 1606 , one of those involved in the abortive 1605 Gunpowder Plot to assassinate King James I of England and VI of Scotland Fraser Digby born 1967 , retired English goalkeeper George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol 1612 1677 , eldest son of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol and his wife Beatrice Walcott Henry Digby disambiguation , for various people with the same given name Jane Digby 1807 1881 , English aristocrat who lived a life of wild adventure John Digby, 1st ... Kenelm Digby disambiguation , for various people with the same given name Kristian Digby 1977 2010 ... more details
Refimprove date December 2010 Orphan date February 2009 Image Robertreimann.gif thumb Rear Adm. Robert T. Reimann demonstrates a prototype gasket for shipboard hatches in 1991. Robert T. Reimann is a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral . He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended Boston University , graduating from there in 1958. He then attended the Officer Candidate School U.S. NavyOfficer Candidate School at Naval Station Newport Newport, Rhode Island . Following successful completion of the course, he received a Officer armed forces commission into the United States Naval Reserve as an ensign on 1 May 1959. ref United States Congress 1992, p. 121. ref Later in his career, as a flag officer , Reimann commanded Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor Naval Base in 1987, was Naval Sea Systems Command s deputy commander for surface combatant s in 1989, and was the deputy assistant chief of naval operations for surface warfare in 1991. At NAVSEA, Reimann helped oversee the 1988&ndash 89 repair of the USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG 58 USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG 58 by Bath Iron Works in Portland, Maine , after it was nearly sunk by an Iran ian naval mine mine during Operation Earnest Will . ref Peniston 2006, p. 216. ref After retiring from the Navy, he went to work for Rumpf Associates International , a defense contractor based in Arlington, Virginia . Notes Reflist References Refbegin cite book last Peniston first Bradley title No Higher Honor Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf year 2006 publisher Naval Institute Press location Annapolis isbn 9781591146612 cite book author ... books?id yo8cAAAAMAAJ&q Rear Admiral Robert Reimann&dq Rear Admiral Robert Reimann&hl en&ei ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Reimann, Robert T. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Reimann, Robert T. Rear Admiral Category ... United States Navy admirals US navy bio stub ... more details
Infobox military person name Robert L. Dennison birth date April 13, 1901 death date Death date and age 1980 3 14 1901 4 13 birth place Warren, Pennsylvania death place not known image Image Robert L Dennison.jpg 300px caption Admiral Robert L. Dennison nickname Robert Lee allegiance United States United States of America serviceyears 1923 to not known rank Commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet branch United States Navy unit Commander of the U.S.S. Missouri , 1947 48 battles World War II awards Admiral Robert Lee Dennison April 13, 1901 &ndash March 14, 1980 ref http www.trumanlibrary.org hstpaper dennisonhst.htm ref was an American naval officer and aide to President Harry Truman . ref ROBERT L. DENNISON PAPERS http www.trumanlibrary.org hstpaper dennison.htm Collected Papers and biographical sketch The Truman Library ref Early life Dennison was born in Warren, Pennsylvania , and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1923. He later received a doctorate in engineering from Johns Hopkins University . U.S. Navy career He held numerous commands in the United States Navy , including submarines, destroyers, and the USS Missouri BB 63 U.S.S. Missouri . Truman twice sailed on the Missouri while Dennison commanded it. ref Oral History http www.trumanlibrary.org oralhist dennisn.htm Oral History Interviews with Admiral Robert L. Dennison The Truman Library ref He was a naval aide, when a Rear Admiral, to Harry S Truman from 1948 to 1953. ref http www.cgsc.army.mil carl download csipubs pearlman2.pdf ref As a naval aide, along with others, won Truman s support for Dennison ... www.navy.mil, Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Dennison, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... 13, 1901 DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1980 DEFAULTSORT Dennison, Robert Category 1901 births Category 1980 deaths Category United States Navy admirals Category United States Naval Academy alumni Category ... from Pennsylvania US navy bio stub ... more details
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