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Admiral Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby, C.M.G., J.P., Royal Navy (9 July, 1866 – 13 August, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant dated 9 July, 1886.[1]

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1898.[2]

On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[3]

In October 1904, he assumed command of the destroyer Diana.[4]

He served as captain of Glory from March 1907 through September 1908.[5]

Hornby was appointed Captain of H.M.S. Vernon on 18 October, 1908, a post he would retain for three years.[6]

He was appointed command of the battlecruiser Inflexible on 8 May, 1912.[7]

He served as captain of Monarch from December 1912 through June 1913.[8]

Phipps Hornby was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 May, 1913, vice Brock.[9]

Great War

On 1 August, 1914, Hornby was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force E (the Eleventh Cruiser Squadron), with his flag in the Doris. On 5 September he transferred his flag to the battleship Glory as Rear-Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force H on the North America and West Indies Station. In February, 1915, he became Rear-Admiral Commanding on the North America and West Indies Station, and on 7 March became Second-in-Command on that station to Vice-Admiral Sir George E. Patey. He hauled down his flag on 21 June, and his last day on full pay was on the 27th.[10][11]

In September, 1917, he was appointed president of an Admiralty Committee to investigate a range of topics including the suitability of the existing system of torpedo personnel, though it had not issued its report as of late August, 1918.[12]

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Peirse, on 11 March, 1918.[13]

Post-War

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Admiral in the place of Sir Stanley Colville, placed on the Retired List, on 4 April, 1922.[14] Hornby was himself placed on the Retired List "at his own request" on 6 April.[15]

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Phipps Hornby" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 15 August, 1956. Issue 53610, col D, p. 10.

Papers

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Reginald G. O. Tupper 		Captain of H.M.S. Pylades
1 Sep, 1901[16] 		Succeeded by
Herbert C. C. Da Costa
Preceded by
Arthur H. Christian 		Captain of H.M.S. Highflyer
14 Jul, 1904[17] 		Succeeded by
Henry H. Campbell
Preceded by
David Beatty 		Captain of H.M.S. Diana
5 Oct, 1904[18] – 5 Nov, 1906[19] 		Succeeded by
Heathcoat S. Grant
Preceded by
Ernest C. T. Troubridge 		Captain of H.M.S. Glory
5 Mar, 1907[20] – Sep, 1908[21] 		Succeeded by
William C. Pakenham
Preceded by
Douglas A. Gamble 		Captain of H.M.S. Vernon
18 Oct, 1908[22] – 1 Nov, 1911[23] 		Succeeded by
William C. M. Nicholson
Preceded by
Cyril E. Tower 		Captain of H.M.S. Swiftsure
19 Jan, 1912[24] – 14 May, 1912[25] 		Succeeded by
Guy R. A. Gaunt
Preceded by
Richard F. Phillimore 		Captain of H.M.S. Inflexible
14 May, 1912[26] – 4 Nov, 1912[27] 		Succeeded by
Arthur N. Loxley
Preceded by
Charles F. Sowerby 		Captain of H.M.S. Monarch
Dec, 1912[28] – 16 Jun, 1913[29] 		Succeeded by
Edmund H. Smith
Preceded by
Bernard Currey 		President of Anti-Submarine Committee
16 Dec, 1913[30] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
? 		Rear-Admiral in Command, Eighth Battle Squadron
Jul, 1914[31] 		Succeeded by
Henry L. Tottenham
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Squadron E
1 Aug, 1914[32] – 5 Sep, 1914[33] 		Succeeded by
Henry L. Tottenham
Preceded by
Sir Christopher G. F. M. Cradock as Rear Admiral Commanding, Fourth Cruiser Squadron 		Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
Feb, 1915[34] 		Succeeded by
Sir George E. Patey
Preceded by
? 		Second-in-Command, North America and West Indies Station
Mar, 1915[35] – 21 Jun, 1915[36] 		Succeeded by
Morgan Singer

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25660. p. 6612. 31 December, 1886.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
  4. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  5. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  6. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  7. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
  8. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28719. p. 3514. 16 May, 1913.
  10. ↑ Hornby Service Record. p. 338.
  11. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. p. 34.
  12. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. vi.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30599. p. 3756. 26 March, 1918.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32668. p. 2934. 11 April, 1922.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 296.
  17. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  18. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  19. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  20. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  21. ↑ 1908 per Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338. Inferred September from Pakenham's appointment.
  22. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  23. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  24. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  25. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  26. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  27. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  28. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  29. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  30. ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  31. ↑ Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  32. ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  33. ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  34. ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  35. ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.
  36. ↑ Phipps Hornby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 338.


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