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| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Portsmouth Reserve Division|Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Reserve Division]]'''<br>1905 | ||
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| + | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral in the Channel Fleet]]'''<br>1905 — 1907 | ||
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Revision as of 03:29, 28 August 2011
Admiral Robert Leonard Groome, C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (10 September, 1848 – 22 November, 1917) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Groome was promoted to the rank of Captain on 4 August, 1890.[1]
On the occasion of the visit of the French fleet to Britain Groome was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 11 August, 1905.[2]
Groome was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 19 July, 1911.[3]
Groome died in St. George's Hospital, London, on 22 November, 1917, as the result of injuries sustained when hit by a car on the Mall a week previously. He was sixty-nine years old.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26080. p. 4536. 19 August, 1890.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27826. p. 5532. 11 August, 1905.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28515. p. 5432. 21 July, 1911.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Friday, 23 November, 1917. Issue 41643, col D, pg. 8.
Bibliography
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196.17.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Reserve Division 1905 |
Succeeded by Charles H. Cross |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Poore, Bart. |
Rear-Admiral in the Channel Fleet 1905 — 1907 |
Succeeded by Robert S. Lowry |
