Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby
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]
Appointed Captain of H.M.S. Vernon on 16 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]
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25660. p. 6612. 31 December, 1886.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Blond. Technology and Tradition. p. 167.
- ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28719. p. 3514. 16 May, 1913.
- ↑ Hornby Service Record. p. 338.
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 34.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917. p. vi.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30599. p. 3756. 26 March, 1918.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32668. p. 2934. 11 April, 1922.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.
Bibliography
- "Adml. Phipps Hornby" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 15 August, 1956. Issue 53610, col D, p. 10.
Papers
- Papers in the possession of the National Maritime Museum. For a detailed list see Robert Phipps Hornby Papers at the National Maritime Museum.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Cruiser Force E 1914 |
Succeeded by Henry L. Tottenham
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by David R. Beatty |
Captain of H.M.S. Diana Oct, 1904 – ? |
Succeeded by Heathcoat S. Grant |
| Preceded by Ernest C. T. Troubridge |
Captain of H.M.S. Glory Mar, 1907 – ? |
Succeeded by William C. Pakenham |
| Preceded by Richard F. Phillimore |
Captain of H.M.S. Inflexible 8 May, 1912 – ? |
Succeeded by Arthur N. Loxley |
| Preceded by Charles L. Napier |
Captain of H.M.S. Monarch Dec, 1912 – ? |
Succeeded by Edmund H. Smith |
