Robert Hastings Harris

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Admiral SIR Robert Hastings Harris, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (12 October, 1843 – 25 August, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 19 February, 1901, Harris was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Andoe.[1]

Harris was appointed President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 6 August, 1903 in succession to Admiral Sir Robert H. M. Molyneux.[2] On 1 September, 1904, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Stephenson.[3]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.
  2. "New President of the Royal Naval College" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 July, 1903. Issue 37142, col F, pg. 7.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27715. p. 6044. 20 September, 1904.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir R. H. Harris" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 26 August, 1926. Issue 44360, col D, pg. 12.
  • Harris, Admiral Sir Robert Hastings (1913). From Naval Cadet to Admiral. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd..

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Compton E. Domvile
Second-in-Command,
Mediterranean

1896 – 1898
Succeeded by
Gerard H. U. Noel
Preceded by
Sir Harry H. Rawson
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station
1898 – 1901
Succeeded by
Arthur W. Moore
Preceded by
Sir Robert H. More-Molyneux
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1903 – 1906
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe