Robert Hall R.N.
Robert Hall R.N.

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Robert Hall R.N.Explanation
Son of Captain Sir Robert Hall RN, commander of the naval squadron on the Great Lakes
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
1817 Born (Kingston, Upper Canada)
June 1869 C.B. (Companion of the Bath)
11 June 1882 Died (London)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
 
DateRank
27 May 1833Entered Navy
28 November 1843Lieutenant
6 September 1852Commander
24 June 1855Captain
30 April 1873Retired Rear-Admiral
21 March 1878Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
4 June 18396 November 1839Mate in Castor, commanded by Captain Edward Collier, Mediterranean
7 November 183915 February 1840Mate in Minden, commanded by Captain Alexander Renton Sharpe, Mediterranean
21 July 184030 December 1840Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Hastings, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
11 July 18414 August 1842Mate in Dublin, commanded by Captain John Jervis Tucker, Pacific
5 August 184227 November 1843Mate in Camperdown, commanded by Captain Francis Brace, Sheerness
2 February 184418 July 1844Lieutenant in Camperdown, commanded by Captain Francis Brace, Sheerness
19 July 184431 January 1845Lieutenant in Queen, commanded by Captain William Fanshawe Martin, Sheerness
1 February 184520 November 1845Lieutenant in Trafalgar, commanded by Captain William Fanshawe Martin, flagship of Vice Admiral John Chambers White then (April) Vice Admiral Edward Durnford King, Sheerness (and 1845 experimental squadron)
21 November 184520 October 1848Lieutenant in Grampus, commanded by Captain Henry Byam Martin, Pacific
1 January 184918 January 1851Lieutenant in Centaur, commanded by Captain Claude Henry Mason Buckle then Acting Captain Frederick Patten, west coast of Africa
19 January 18514 September 1852Acting Commander in Hound, west coast of Africa
27 September 185221 March 1853Commander (2ic) in Agamemnon, commanded by Captain Thomas Maitland, Sheerness
18 August 185313 May 1855Commander in Stromboli, Baltic, then Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War
14 May 185523 July 1855Acting Captain in Gladiator, Sea of Azov during Russian War
24 June 185521 April 1857Captain in Miranda (until paying off at Sheerness), Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War, senior officer in the Strait of Kertch)
27 January 18599 January 1863Captain in Termagant (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then (August 1859) Pacific
27 April 186320 March 1866Private secretary to Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty
23 March 186630 June 1867Captain in Saturn, Pembroke dockyard, captain superintendent
1 July 186716 February 1871Captain in Nankin, Pembroke dockyard, captain superintendent
9 February 18714 May 1872Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Lord)
8 May 18728 May 1882Naval Secretary of the Admiralty (until office was abolished)
15 May 188211 June 1882Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty (died in office)

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