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Revision as of 18:33, 17 July 2012
Admiral Robert Leonard Groome, C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (10 September, 1848 – 22 November, 1917) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Groome was promoted to the rank of Captain on 4 August, 1890.[1]
He was appointed command of Repulse on 21 December, 1897.[2]
Flag Rank
Groome was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 31 August, 1903.[3]
On the occasion of the visit of the French fleet to Britain Groome was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 11 August, 1905.[4]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 June, 1907, vice Holland.[5] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, dated 1 September.[6]
Groome was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 19 July, 1911.[7]
Groome died in St. George's Hospital, London, on 22 November, 1917, as the result of injuries sustained when hit by a car on the Mall a week previously. He was sixty-nine years old.[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26080. p. 4536. 19 August, 1890.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 20 December, 1897. Issue 35391, col C, pg. 10.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27594. p. 5542. 4 September, 1903.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27826. p. 5532. 11 August, 1905.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28027. p. 3832. 4 June, 1907.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28056. p. 6019. 3 September, 1907.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28515. p. 5432. 21 July, 1911.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Friday, 23 November, 1917. Issue 41643, col D, pg. 8.
Bibliography
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
- The National Archives. ADM 196.17.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Reserve Division 1905 |
Succeeded by Charles H. Cross |
| Preceded by Sir Richard Poore, Bart. |
Rear-Admiral in the Channel Fleet 1905 – 1907 |
Succeeded by Robert S. Lowry |
- 1848 births
- 1917 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of June, 1861
- Captains of H.M.S. Repulse (1892)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Reserve Division
- Rear-Admirals in the Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)
- Directors of Transports (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
