Walter Hunt-Grubbe
Sir Walter Hunt-Grubbe | |
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Born | 23 February 1833 |
Died | 11 April 1922 | (aged 89)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Tamar HMS Rupert HMS Devastation HMS Pembroke HMS Sultan Cape of Good Hope Station Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
Battles/wars | Anglo-Ashanti wars |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe GCB (23 February 1833 – 11 April 1922) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.
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Hunt-Grubbe joined the Royal Navy in 1845.[1] Promoted to Captain in 1866, he was given command of HMS Tamar and the men of the naval brigade at the Battle of Amoaful during the Anglo-Ashanti wars.[1] He went on to command HMS Rupert, HMS Devastation and then HMS Pembroke in which capacity he was in charge of the Medway Steam Reserve.[2] Later he commanded HMS Sultan.[1] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1885[3] and Superintendent of Devonport dockyard in 1888.[1] He went on to be President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1894.[4]
In retirement he became deputy chairman of the committee established in 1898 to provide for the efficient organisation and management of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[5] He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1899 Birthday Honours.[6]
Family[]
In 1867 he married Mary Anne Codrington.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe William Loney RN
- ^ Medway
- ^ Item reference ADM 50/344 National Archives
- ^ Royal Navy Senior Appointments
- ^ Genesis of the first school for tropical diseases at the ADH p. 420 Oxford John Radcliffe
- ^ "No. 27086". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1899. p. 3585.
- 1833 births
- 1922 deaths
- Admiral presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Royal Navy admirals
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath