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Revision as of 20:54, 10 May 2014

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 He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 9 November, 1896, vice Fane,[5] and superseded in Cambridge on 1 December.[6]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]

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.

Bibliography

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alfred T. Dale
Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1892 – 1894
Succeeded by
The Hon. Hedworth Lambton

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