Robert Hamilton Anstruther

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Robert Hamilton Anstruther
Born( 1862-06-10)10 June 1862
Died26 September 1938(1938-09-26) (aged 76)
Spouse(s)Edith Flora Peel (m. 1890)

Admiral Robert Hamilton Anstruther, CMG (Chinese: 安史導; 10 June 1862 – 26 September 1938) was a Royal Navy officer.

Anstruther was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel , 5th Bt. and Louisa Maria Chowne Marshall. He married Edith Flora Peel on 6 January 1890. Their son, Colonel , was born on 2 September 1891.

Anstruther joined the Royal Navy, was promoted to lieutenant on 30 June 1885,[1] and to Commander on 31 December 1897.[2] He was posted to the cruiser HMS Edgar on 20 February 1900,[3] for a relief mission to the China station. He was on the Danube between 1900 and 1902, and was in command of the gunboat from 5 January 1901[4] to 5 February 1902. On 5 July 1902 he was appointed in command of the surveying ship HMS Hearty,[5] and was of the between 1902 and 1904. He was Senior Naval Officer of the between 1906 and 1908. He was invested as a Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1907. He was Commodore-in-Charge, Hong Kong from July 1912 to May 1916. He was Senior Officer of the coast of China between 1914 and 1916.[citation needed]

He was the second Colony Commissioner of the Boy Scout Association, Hong Kong Branch as of May 1915.

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 25485". The London Gazette. 30 June 1885. p. 3002.
  2. ^ "No. 26924". The London Gazette. 31 December 1897. p. 7854.
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36060). London. 8 February 1900. p. 10.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36345). London. 7 January 1901. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36814). London. 8 July 1902. col e, p. 11.
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