Robert Spencer Robinson R.N.
Robert Spencer Robinson R.N.
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Robert Spencer Robinson R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Sir John Robinson (1754-1832), Bt., Archdeacon of Armagh |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
6 January 1809 | | Born (Welford Park, Berkshire) |
April 1839 | | Wrote 'The Nautical Steam Engine Explained, and Its Powers and Capabilities Described for the Officers of the Navy and Others Interested in the Important Results of Steam Navigation'. |
10 May 1841 | | Married Clementina (1817-1897), daughter of Admiral Sir John Finney Louis (1785-1863) |
1847 | | Wrote 'Observations on the Steam Ships of the Royal Navy'. |
7 December 1868 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath), civil |
3 June 1869 | | F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
1871 | | Wrote 'Results of Admiralty Organisation as Established by Sir James Graham and Mr Childers'. |
27 July 1889 | | Died (London) |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
6 December 1821 | Entered Navy |
27 September 1830 | Lieutenant |
28 June 1838 | Commander |
5 November 1840 | Captain |
9 June 1860 | Rear-Admiral |
2 April 1866 | Vice-Admiral |
2 June 1870 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
14 July 1871 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
5 May 1831 | 1834 | Lieutenant in Dublin, commanded by Lord James Townshend, South America, flagship |
18 March 1836 | | Lieutenant in Asia, commanded by William Fisher, Mediterranean |
26 September 1837 | | Lieutenant in Tyne, commanded by John Townshend, Mediterranean |
20 July 1839 | | Commander in Phoenix, Mediterranean |
19 February 1840 | | Commander in Hydra, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
15 February 1850 | 26 September 1852 | Captain in Arrogant (until paying off at Portsmouth), Lisbon |
15 June 1854 | 12 January 1856 | Captain in Colossus (from commissioning), North America and West Indies, then (1855) the Baltic during the Russian War |
13 January 1856 | 24 August 1856 | Captain in Royal George (until paying off at Sheerness), troop transport from the Crimea |
25 August 1856 | 24 January 1858 | Captain in Ajax, Superintendent of the steam reserve, guard ship of Ordinary, Devonport |
1 February 1858 | 25 April 1859 | Captain in Exmouth, Superintendent of the steam reserve, guard ship of Ordinary, Devonport |
25 April 1859 | 31 May 1860 | Captain in Wellington, Superintendent of the steam reserve, guard ship of Ordinary, Devonport |
7 February 1861 | 14 February 1871 | Controller of the Navy (until Gladstone decided, in the light of the loss of the Captain, for which he was quite unfairly blamed by First Lord of the Admiralty Hugh Childers - that the appointment would not be extended at the end of his second five-year term) |
22 December 1868 | 8 February 1871 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (3rd Naval Lord) |