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==Life & Career==
 
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Groome was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 4 August, 1890.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26080/pages/4536 no. 26080.  p. 4536.]  19 August, 1890.</ref>
 
Groome was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 4 August, 1890.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26080/pages/4536 no. 26080.  p. 4536.]  19 August, 1890.</ref>
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He was appointed command of [[H.M.S. Repulse (1892)''Repulse'']] on 21 December, 1897.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 20 December, 1897.  Issue '''35391''', col C, pg. 10.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 21:43, 24 May 2012

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]

He was appointed command of H.M.S. Repulse (1892)''Repulse'' on 21 December, 1897.[2]

Flag Rank

Groome was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 31 August, 1903.[3]

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.[4]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 June, 1907, vice Holland.[5] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, dated 1 September.[6]

Groome was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 19 July, 1911.[7]

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.[8]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26080. p. 4536. 19 August, 1890.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, pg. 10.
  3. London Gazette: no. 27594. p. 5542. 4 September, 1903.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27826. p. 5532. 11 August, 1905.
  5. London Gazette: no. 28027. p. 3832. 4 June, 1907.
  6. London Gazette: no. 28056. p. 6019. 3 September, 1907.
  7. London Gazette: no. 28515. p. 5432. 21 July, 1911.
  8. "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Friday, 23 November, 1917. Issue 41643, col D, pg. 8.

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Appointments
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