Richard Vesey Hamilton

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Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton

Richard Vesey Hamilton , GCB (* 28. May 1829 in Sandwich , Kent , England ; † 17th September 1912 in Chalfont St Peter , Buckinghamshire , England) was a British Admiral of the Royal Navy , among others 1889-1891 First Sea Lord was .

Life

Naval officer

Sea captain Hamilton was in command of the ironclad HMS Achilles from 1870 to 1873 .

Richard Vesey Hamilton, son of Reverend John Vesey Hamilton and his wife Frances Agnes Malone, joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman on July 15, 1843 after attending the Royal Naval School . Between 1850 and 1851 he was Maat (Mate) on the Bark HMS Assistance commanded by Erasmus Ommanney in the squadron of Horatio Thomas Austin in search of the polar explorer John Franklin . After his promotion to lieutenant captain (Lieutenant) on October 11, 1851, between February 16, 1852 and December 12, 1855, he was in service aboard HMS Resolute , commanded by Henry Kellett , which, together with HMS Assistance under Edward Belcher , the HMS Pioneer of Sherard Osborn and the HMS Intrepid for the missing Franklin expedition examined, focusing on the exploration of the Northwest passage was. On February 28, 1856, he was transferred as deputy commander on board the gunboat HMS Haughty to the China naval base ( China Station ) and took part in the Second Opium War there between 1856 and 1858 .

After his promotion to frigate captain (Commander) on August 10, 1857, he took over his first post as ship commander between June 4, 1858 and August 23, 1862, namely the steamship HMS Hydra , with which he was on duty off the coast at this time West Africa , the West Indies and North America provided service. During this time took place on 27 January 1862 was promoted to Captain (Captain) . He was then commander of the sloop HMS Vesuvius between July 12, 1862 and 1864, and of the sloop Sphinx from 1865 to April 1868 , which was also used in the waters of the West Indies. After his return he took over from April 12 to April 1873 the post of commander of the ironclad HMS Achilles , which was assigned to the coast guard from Portland Harbor . He was then between May 1873 and March 1875 commanding captain of the Devonport naval base , in which the steam reserve was located, and then from March 1875 to October 1877 superintendent and commanding captain of the Pembroke Dock naval shipyard . For his services he was on May 29, 1875 Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).

Promotion to Admiral and First Sea Lord

Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton

On September 27, 1877 Richard Vesey Hamilton received his promotion to Rear Admiral (Rear Admiral) , whereupon it between June 1878 and March 1880 Director of the Marine Artillery (Director of Naval Ordnance) in the Admiralty was. He then took over from April 1880 to March 1883 as Commander in Chief of the Navy on the coast of Ireland (Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland) On 17 February 1884 he was appointed Vice-Admiral (Vice Admiral) promoted, and he in September 1885 Vice Admiral William Dowell as supreme commander of the naval base China (Commander-in-Chief, China station ) replaced. He held this position until December 1887 and was then replaced by Vice Admiral Nowell Salmon . On June 21, 1887, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir".

A few months later, Hamilton was promoted to admiral on October 18, 1887 and was a member of the committee for the assessment of the sea maneuvers that led to the Naval Defense Act of 1889 between October and December 1888 . He replaced Vice Admiral Anthony Hoskins on December 28, 1888 as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel and as such was responsible for personnel issues in the Royal Navy. He remained in this office until October 1889 and was then replaced by Vice Admiral Henry Fairfax . He was then in 1889 successor to Admiral in October Arthur Hood on the post of First Sea Lord (First Sea Lord) . He held this post for almost two years until September 1891 and was then replaced by Admiral Anthony Hoskins. Most recently he succeeded Admiral William Graham as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in September 1891 and held this post until his replacement by Admiral Walter Hunt-Grubbe in May 1894. He retired on May 28, 1894. In 1895 the Order of the Bath (GCB) was also awarded the Grand Cross .

On December 18, 1862, he married Julia Frances Delmé, a daughter of Vice Admiral James Arthur Murray, and was married to her until her death in 1897. From this marriage came the five children Lilian Louisa, Rosalind, James, Violet and William Hamilton.

publication

  • Naval Administration , 1896

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS , p. 10
  2. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 107
  3. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 116
  4. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 51
  5. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 51
  6. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 151
  7. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 7
  8. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 5
  9. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 241
predecessor Office successor
Arthur Hood First Sea Lord
1889-1891 		Anthony Hoskins
personal data
SURNAME Hamilton, Richard Vesey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Admiral and First Sea Lord
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandwich , Kent , England
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 1912
Place of death Chalfont St Peter , Buckinghamshire , England