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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''New Command'''|'''[[H.M.S. Immortalité (1887)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Immortalité'']]'''<br>18 Jul, 1889<ref>"The Naval Manœuvres".  ''The Times''.  Monday, 15 July, 1889.  Issue '''32751''', col F, p. 3.</ref><ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref> &ndash; 7 Sep, 1889<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[William Wiseman, Ninth Baronet|Sir William Wiseman, Bart.]]'''}}
 
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Archibald Lucius Douglas|Archibald L. Douglas]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Cambridge'']]'''<br>3 Jul, 1894<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 13 June, 1894.  Issue '''34289''', col G, p. 11.  May be 4 July.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[William Metcalfe Lang|William M. Lang]]'''}}
 
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Admiral Richard Horace Hamond, Royal Navy, Retired (17 January, 1843 – 12 March, 1906) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hamond was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral George Elliot, Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness, on 30 June, 1870. On the hauling down of Elliot's flag Hamond was promoted to the rank of Commander, on 13 February, 1873.[1]

Hamond was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1881.[2]

On 16 September, 1892, Hamond was appointed Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Spencer.[3] W. Graham Greene, a civil servant at the Admiralty, later wrote of Hamond, "'Dick' Hamond was a thorough seaman, bearded, rolling in his gait, devoted to sport, shooting, fishing, & with the outlook of a plain Norfolk county gentleman."[4]

Hamond succeeded Captain Archibald L. Douglas in command of H.M.S. Cambridge, gunnery school at Plymouth, on 3 July, 1894. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 9 November, 1896, vice Fane,[5] and superseded in Cambridge on 1 December.[6]

Flag Rank

Hamond was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 25 January, 1902,[7] and was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 22 July, 1905.[8]

Bibliography

Papers

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Emerald
2 Mar, 1886[9] – 1 Apr, 1889[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Immortalité
18 Jul, 1889[11][12] – 7 Sep, 1889[13] 		Succeeded by
Sir William Wiseman, Bart.
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Thunderer
11 Apr, 1891[14] – 15 Sep, 1892[15] 		Succeeded by
William H. C. St. Clair
Preceded by
Alfred T. Dale 		Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
16 Sep, 1892[16] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Hedworth Lambton
Preceded by
Archibald L. Douglas 		Captain of H.M.S. Cambridge
3 Jul, 1894[17] 		Succeeded by
William M. Lang

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ ADM 196/36. f. 606(d).
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
  3. ↑ ADM 196/36. f. 606(d).
  4. ↑ Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE 13.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26796. p. 6363. 20 November, 1896.
  6. ↑ ADM 196/36. f. 606(d).
  7. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27405. p. 844. 11 February, 1902.
  8. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27822. p. 5222. 28 July, 1905.
  9. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  10. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  11. ↑ "The Naval Manœuvres". The Times. Monday, 15 July, 1889. Issue 32751, col F, p. 3.
  12. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  13. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  14. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  15. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  16. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 606?
  17. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 June, 1894. Issue 34289, col G, p. 11. May be 4 July.

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