Walter James Hunt-Grubbe R.N.
Walter James Hunt-Grubbe R.N.
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Walter James Hunt-Grubbe R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Rev. James Andrew Hunt-Grubbe |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
23 February 1833 | | Born |
1867 | | Married Mary Anne (abt 1833-1908), daughter of Wililam Codrington (1780-1842) of Wroughton, Wiltshire |
1874 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
3 November 1879 | | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria |
14 August 1882 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
3 June 1899 | | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) |
11 April 1922 | | Died (Devizes, Wiltshire) |
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Date | Rank |
1845 | Entered Navy |
23 May 1854 | Lieutenant |
23 March 1861 | Commander |
5 July 1866 | Captain |
8 July 1884 | Rear-Admiral |
2 August 1890 | Vice-Admiral |
20 February 1895 | Admiral |
23 March 1897 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
23 May 1854 | | Lieutenant in Scourge, commanded by John Adams, west coast of Africa |
28 May 1855 | | Lieutenant and commander in Teazer, west coast of Africa |
8 April 1857 | 1858 | Lieutenant in Cormorant, commanded by William Bowden, China (until invalided) |
22 August 1859 | 23 March 1861 | Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by William Edmonstone, west coast of Africa (until promoted for his part in the storming of a stockade in front of Sabba, on the River Gambia) |
6 April 1863 | 13 February 1867 | Commander in Jaseur (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), west coast of Africa |
8 May 1872 | 21 May 1875 | Captain in Tamar (until paying off at Plymouth), troopship, and commanded the Naval Brigade at the Battle of Amoaful, during the 1874 Ashantee campaign |
24 May 1876 | 11 May 1877 | Captain in Rupert, Mediterranean |
11 May 1877 | November 1878 | Captain in Devastation, Mediterranean |
(30 November 1881) | 30 November 1881 | Captain in Pembroke, harbour service (in command of the Medway steam reserve) |
3 April 1882 | | Captain in Sultan, Channel squadron, then (December 1882), Mediterranean (including Bombardment of Alexandria, where Hunt-Grubbe was in command of the ships which engaged the northern forts), then Channel squadron again |
6 March 1885 | 29 March 1888 | Commander-in-chief, Cape of Good Hope (flag in Raleigh) |
1 August 1888 | 1 August 1891 | Superintendent of Devonport dockyard, Plymouth |