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Hope was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27211/pages/4433 no. 27211.  p. 4433.]  17 July, 1900.</ref>
 
Hope was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1900.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27211/pages/4433 no. 27211.  p. 4433.]  17 July, 1900.</ref>
  
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He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 3 April, 1917, vice [[Charles Eustace Anson|Anson]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30012/pages/3404 no. 30012.  p. 3404.] 10 April, 1917.</ref>
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==Great War==
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On 29 July, 1914, Hope was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. King Alfred (1901)|H.M.S. ''King Alfred'']]. He retained this command until 1 October, when he was appointed to ''Victory'' at Portsmouth for command of the new battleship [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)|''Queen Elizabeth'']].
  
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On 15 December, 1916 he went to the Admiralty as Second Director of the [[Operations Division (Royal Navy)|Operations Division]] on the War Staff.  He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 3 April, 1917, vice [[Charles Eustace Anson|Anson]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30012/pages/3404 no. 30012.  p. 3404.]  10 April, 1917.</ref>  On 11 June, 1917 he succeeded Rear-Admiral [[Thomas Jackson]] as Director of the division.<ref>''The Naval Staff of the Admiralty''.  p. 122.</ref>  He retained this position until 9 January, 1918, and on the 10th he was appointed [[Deputy First Sea Lord]] and a Lord Commissioner of the [[Board of Admiralty]].
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==Post-War==
 
Hope was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 24 November, 1925, vice [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|de Robeck]], promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}}.
 
Hope was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 24 November, 1925, vice [[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|de Robeck]], promoted to the rank of {{FleetRN}}.
  

Revision as of 16:45, 13 January 2011

Admiral SIR George Price Webley Hope, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (11 October, 1869 – 11 July, 1959) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hope was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.[1]

Great War

On 29 July, 1914, Hope was appointed in command of H.M.S. King Alfred. He retained this command until 1 October, when he was appointed to Victory at Portsmouth for command of the new battleship Queen Elizabeth.

On 15 December, 1916 he went to the Admiralty as Second Director of the Operations Division on the War Staff. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 April, 1917, vice Anson.[2] On 11 June, 1917 he succeeded Rear-Admiral Thomas Jackson as Director of the division.[3] He retained this position until 9 January, 1918, and on the 10th he was appointed Deputy First Sea Lord and a Lord Commissioner of the Board of Admiralty.

Post-War

Hope was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 24 November, 1925, vice de Robeck, promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30012. p. 3404. 10 April, 1917.
  3. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir G. Hope" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1959. Issue 54511, col C, pg. 10.

Service Record

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