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Molyneux was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 18 December, 1865.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23050/pages/6737 no. 23050.  p. 6737.]  19 December, 1865.</ref>
 
Molyneux was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 18 December, 1865.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23050/pages/6737 no. 23050.  p. 6737.]  19 December, 1865.</ref>
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In accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 5 February, 1872]], Molyneux was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} with seniority of 6 February, 1872.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23826/pages/510 no. 23826.  p. 510.]  9 February, 1872.</ref>
  
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 May, 1888, vice [[John Moresby|Moresby]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25816/pages/2766 no. 25816.  p. 2766.]  15 May, 1888.</ref>  He was appointed [[Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard]] on 4 August, 1891.<ref>Clowes.  '''VII'''.  p. 7.</ref>
 
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 1 May, 1888, vice [[John Moresby|Moresby]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25816/pages/2766 no. 25816.  p. 2766.]  15 May, 1888.</ref>  He was appointed [[Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard]] on 4 August, 1891.<ref>Clowes.  '''VII'''.  p. 7.</ref>

Revision as of 15:35, 16 July 2011

Admiral SIR Robert Henry More Molyneux, G.C.B., Royal Navy (6 August, 1858 – 29 February, 1904) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Molyneux was promoted to the rank of Commander on 18 December, 1865.[1]

In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 5 February, 1872, Molyneux was promoted to the rank of Captain with seniority of 6 February, 1872.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 May, 1888, vice Moresby.[3] He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard on 4 August, 1891.[4]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 23050. p. 6737. 19 December, 1865.
  2. London Gazette: no. 23826. p. 510. 9 February, 1872.
  3. London Gazette: no. 25816. p. 2766. 15 May, 1888.
  4. Clowes. VII. p. 7.

Bibliography

  • "Obituary" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 5 March, 1904. Issue 37334, col D, pg. 12.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe
Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard
1891 – 1894
Succeeded by
Edmund J. Church
Preceded by
Sir Richard E. Tracey
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1900 – 1903
Succeeded by
Sir Robert Hastings Harris