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Revision as of 19:43, 29 October 2010

Admiral SIR Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, K.C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., LL.D., Royal Navy (15 March, 1862 – 20 October, 1936) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1900.[1]

King-Hall was appointed Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence on 31 March, 1905.[2]

King-Hall was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope Station on 28 December, 1912, and assumed command on 22 January, 1913.[3]

King-Hall was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Brock, on 25 August, 1918.[4]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 9 March, 1905. Issue 37963, col A, pg. 10.
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (December, 1914). p. 7.
  4. London Gazette: no. 30881. p. 1039. 3 September, 1918.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Herbert King-Hall" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 21 October, 1936. Issue 47511, col B, pg. 16.
  • King-Hall, Admiral Sir Herbert (1920). Naval Memories and Traditions. London: Hutchinson & Co..

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