Robert Hamilton Anstruther

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Admiral Robert Hamilton Anstruther, C.M.G., Royal Navy (10 June, 1862 – 26 September, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Anstruther was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1897.[1]

Anstruther was appointed to the Tamar as Commodore, Second Class on 26 April, 1912, as Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 16 July, 1915, vice Barton, and was placed on the Retired List on 17 July.[3]

Who was Who

ANSTRUTHER, Adm. Robert Hamilton CMG 1907

Born 10 June 1862; 3rd s of Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Bt; m 1890, Edith Flora, d of late W. F. Peel; one s ; died 26 Sept. 1938

EDUCATION Cheam School; HMS Britannia

CAREER Entered Navy, 1875; Lieut, 1885; Commander, 1897; Captain, 1904; Rear-Adm., 1915; Vice-Adm., 1919; Admiral retired, 1924; late Senior Naval Officer Newfoundland Fisheries; Admiral in charge at Hong-Kong, 1912–16; retired, 1919; holds Order of the Rising Sun, Japan

PUBLICATION Sea-faring Phrases, English and Italian (with Captain R. Settembrini)

RECREATIONS Golf, fishing

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26924. p. 7854. 31 December, 1897.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 18 April, 1912. Issue 39876, col E, pg. 4.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 7073. p. 7073. 20 July, 1915.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Robert H. Anstruther" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 September, 1938. Issue 48110, col C, pg. 14.

Service Records

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