Royal Naval College, Greenwich

History

The Royal Naval College was founded by the Order in Council of 16 January, 1873. The initial establishment was comprised of a Flag Officer as President, a Captain, Royal Navy, a Director of Studies, and Professors of Mathematics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Applied Mechanics, and of Fortification, and others as needed.

Presidents of the College

Dates of appointments given:

• Vice-Admiral Sir Astley C. Key, 2 January, 1873
• Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe, 22 December, 1875
• Admiral Charles F. A. Shadwell, 1 March, 1878 – 1881
• Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 1 March, 1881
• Admiral William G. Luard, 28 November, 1882
• Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth, 28 November, 1885
• Admiral Sir William Graham, 29 November, 1888 – 29 June, 1891
• Admiral Sir R. Vesey Hamilton, 28 September, 1891
• Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 1 October, 1894 – 1 October, 1897
• Admiral Sir Richard E. Tracey, 1 October, 1897
• Admiral Sir Robert H. M. Molyneux, 1 October, 1900
• Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris, 1 October, 1903
• Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe, 1 October, 1906 – 22 March, 1908
• Admiral Sir John Durnford, 23 March, 1908
• Admiral Sir Frederic W. Fisher, 23 March, 1911 – 23 October, 1914
• Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 24 October, 1914
• Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, 18 January, 1915
• Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, 4 December, 1916 – 3 July, 1919
• Vice-Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham, 1 August, 1919
• Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C. T. Tudor, 15 November, 1920 – 15 November, 1922
• Rear-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond, 26 November, 1922 – 27 February, 1923
• Admiral George P. W. Hope, 25 February, 1923 – 27 February, 1926
• Admiral Richard Webb, 27 February, 1926 – 27 February, 1929
• Vice-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 27 February, 1929 – 23 March, 1929
• Vice-Admiral William H. D. Boyle, late 1929^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral Barry Edward Domvile, 1 August, 1932
• Vice-Admiral Ragnar M. Colvin, 8 August, 1934 – 20 February, 1937
• Vice-Admiral Sidney R. Bailey, 1937^{[Citation needed]} – 7 October, 1938
• Vice-Admiral Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, 7 October, 1938 – 1940
• Vice-Admiral Eric J. P. Brind, 3 October, 1946 – December, 1948
• Vice-Admiral Geoffrey N. Oliver, 1948 – 1950
• Vice-Admiral Harold R. G. Kinahan, 1950

Directors of Studies

• Thomas A. Hirst, 1 February, 1873.
• William D. Niven, 1882 – 1903.

Directors of Staff College

• Captain Robert H. T. Raikes, 2 May, 1932 – 20 June, 1934

Captain of the Royal Naval College

• Captain Atwell P. MacL. Lake, 1 February, 1889 – 7 January, 1892  (lent out twice for manoeuvres)
• Captain Robert W. Stopford, 7 January, 1892 – 7 January, 1895
• Captain John Durnford, 7 January, 1895
• Captain John P. Pipon, 12 November, 1895 – 13 January, 1898
• Captain Spencer H. M. Login, 23 September, 1898 – 17 September, 1900
• Rear-Admiral Henry J. May, 18 September, 1900
• Captain Edmond J. W. Slade, 13 May, 1904
• Captain Edward C. Villiers, 8 October, 1906
• Captain Edward H. Moubray, 8 December, 1908 – 8 December, 1910
• Captain Herbert J. O. Millar, 8 December, 1910 – 8 December, 1912
• Captain William F. Slayter, 8 December, 1912 – 3 August, 1914
• Rear-Admiral (Retired) Edmund P. F. Jervoise, August, 1914 – 1 July, 1919
• Captain Percy M. R. Royds, 1 July, 1919 – 1 October, 1920
• Captain Kenelm E. L. Creighton,  – 1 January, 1930
• Captain Richard Hayden O. Lane-Poole, 1 January, 1930 – 31 August, 1931
• Captain Hamilton C. Allen, 31 August, 1931 – 29 September, 1933
• Captain Henry H. Bousfield,  – 20 September, 1937
• Captain Louis H. K. Hamilton, 20 September, 1937 – 25 August, 1939

Compton Edward Domvile, Charles Cooper Penrose FitzGerald, Alexander Plantagenet Hastings and George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey may also have held this position at some point.^{[Fact Check]}

See Also

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