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Anstruther was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
 
Anstruther was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26924/pages/7854 no. 26924.  p. 7854.]  31 December, 1897.</ref>
  
Anstruther was appointed to the ''Tamar'' as {{Com2RN}} on 26 April, 1912, as Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 18 April, 1912.  Issue '''39876''', col E, pg. 4.</ref>
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Anstruther was appointed to the ''Tamar'' as {{Com2RN}} on 26 April, 1912, as Commodore-in-Charge of Naval Establishments at Hong Kong.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 18 April, 1912.  Issue '''39876''', col E, pg. 4.</ref>  He took up the appointment on 12 July.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (October, 1915).  p. 8.</ref>
  
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 16 July, 1915, vice [[Ernest Gillbe Barton|Barton]], and was placed on the Retired List on 17 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29236/pages/3381 no. 7073.  p. 7073.]  20 July, 1915.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 16 July, 1915, vice [[Ernest Gillbe Barton|Barton]], and was placed on the Retired List on 17 July.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29236/pages/3381 no. 7073.  p. 7073.]  20 July, 1915.</ref>

Revision as of 11:17, 27 December 2010

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 took up the appointment on 12 July.[3]

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.[4]

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. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (October, 1915). p. 8.
  4. 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