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.
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
Bibliography
- "Admiral Robert H. Anstruther" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 27 September, 1938. Issue 48110, col C, pg. 14.
Service Records
Categories:
- 1862 births
- 1938 deaths
- Personalities
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cockatrice (1886)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Hearty (1885)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Sirius (1892)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Brilliant (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cæsar (1896)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cornwallis (1901)
- Commodores-in-Charge, Hong Kong
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
