Vice-Admiral Robert Hall, CB (c. 1817 – 11 June 1882) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Lord and Controller of the Navy.
Early life
He was the natural son of Sir Robert Hall (1778-1818), a naval officer, and Miss Mary Ann Edwards.[1]
Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1833.[2] Promoted to captain in 1855, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Sea of Azov and HMS Miranda in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.[2] He was then given command of HMS Termagant.[2]
He was appointed Private Secretary to the Duke of Somerset (First Lord of the Admiralty) in 1863, Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard in 1866[3] and Third Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1871.[2] He was afterwards Naval Secretary of the Admiralty from 1872 to 1882 and acting Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty in 1882 in the absence of the incumbent.[2]
Hall was laid to rest in the secular cemetery of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire.[4]
See also
- O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). . . John Murray – via Wikisource.
References
- ^ "Biography – HALL, Sir ROBERT – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". biographi.ca. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e William Loney RN
- ^ Pembroke Dockyard
- ^ Nottingham Evening Post, 16 June 1882
External links
- Robert Hall at The Dreadnought Project.
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