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Admiral Cunningham R. de C. Foot, 1921.
Photograph: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot, C.B.E., R.N., Retired (13 June, 1864 – 17 May, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Foot placed tenth out of the successful batch of forty-six.[1]

Foot was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1886.[2]

He was appointed to Wildfire for the Sans Pareil on 30 March, 1896.[3]

Foot was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1899.[4]

Foot was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1906.[5]

On 1 March, 1910, Foot was appointed in command of Bulwark, then to Magnificent on 18 March (or 28 February by another source) upon transfer of flag.[6][7]

He served as captain of the battleship Irresistible from February 1911 until March of the following year.[8]

In August 1913, he assumed command of the armoured cruiser Donegal.[9]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Cornwallis on 8 January, 1914[10] and be relieved on 1 June by Alexander P. Davidson.[11]

Great War

He was appointed captain of Roxburgh on 27 April, 1915.[12]

He was appointed in command the battleship Cæsar on 10 December, 1915.[13]

Foot was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 30 January, 1918. He was placed on the Retired List on 31 January.[14] His future in the Navy had been decided at a meeting of the Board of Admiralty on 15 June, 1917, when all five Sea Lords voted that he be retired on promotion to Flag Rank under Section III of the Order in Council of 9 March, 1914.[15]

"For valuable services in connection with gunnery training and in command of H.M.S. "Berwick" whilst employed on Ocean Escort duties" Foot was appointed a Commander of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) on 27 May, 1919.[16]

Foot was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 8 October, 1923,[17] and was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.[18]

Bibliography

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
George P. W. Hope 		Captain of H.M.S. Magnificent
28 Feb, 1910[19] – ? 		Succeeded by
Hugh L. P. Heard
Preceded by
Edmund H. Smith 		Captain of H.M.S. Irresistible
Feb, 1911[20] – ? 		Succeeded by
Maurice Woollcombe
Preceded by
George H. Borrett 		Captain of H.M.S. Donegal
Aug, 1913[21] – ? 		Succeeded by
Charles D. Carpendale
Preceded by
Frank E. C. Ryan 		Captain of H.M.S. Cornwallis
8 Jan, 1914[22] – ? 		Succeeded by
Alexander P. Davidson
Preceded by
Bertram M. Chambers 		Captain of H.M.S. Roxburgh
27 Apr, 1915[23] – ? 		Succeeded by
Frederic A. Whitehead
Preceded by
Edward G. Lowther-Crofton 		Captain of H.M.S. Cæsar
10 Dec, 1915[24] – ? 		Succeeded by
Fawcet Wray
Preceded by
Fawcet Wray 		Captain of H.M.S. Berwick
1918 – ? 		Succeeded by
Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, p. 14.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25660. p. 6612. 31 December, 1886.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 31 March, 1896. Issue 34852, col C, p. 10.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27982. p. 31. 1 January, 1907.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 February, 1910. Issue 39195, col C, p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 February, 1910. Issue 39189, col F, p. 4.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1914). p. 300.
  11. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 30 May, 1914. Issue 40537, col A, p. 4.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  13. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 392r.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30522. p. 1946. 12 February, 1918.
  15. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 167/52.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31360. p. 6502. 27 May, 1919.
  17. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32871. p. 6966. 16 October, 1923.
  18. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.
  19. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 7 February, 1910. Issue 39189, col F, p. 4.
  20. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 300.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397l-r.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392r.

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