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Admiral SIR John Ommanney Hopkins, G.C.B., Royal Navy (13 July, 1834 – 30 July, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hopkins was promoted to the rank of Captain on 14 September, 1867.[1] He was appointed in command of the screw frigate Liverpool in the Flying Squadron on 14 April, 1869, which paid off on 2 December, 1870. He took command of the ironclad battleship Agincourt on 1 September, 1871. He returned to half pay on 4 June, 1872, and took command of the screw frigate Narcissus on 9 October. He was superseded in command on 8 December, 1873.

On 1 November, 1875, he was appointed to the Royal Adelaide as Flag Captain to Sir Thomas Symonds, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, until he was superseded on 12 November, 1878. His appointment to command the battleship Temeraire on 26 January, 1880, was cancelled, and on 4 March he was appointed Captain of H.M.S. Excellent, the Navy's gunnery training establishment at Portsmouth.

Flag Rank

Hopkins was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 29 April, 1885, vice Graham.[2]

Hopkins was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 4 January, 1891. On the occasion of the Queen's birthday, he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 25 May, 1892.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral dated 9 November, 1896.[4]

On the occasion of the Queen's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) on 3 June, 1899.[5] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 22 February, 1870, he was placed on the Retired List on 13 July.[6]

Bibliography

  • "Death of Admiral Sir J. O. Hopkins" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 1 August, 1916. Issue 41234, col E, p. 11.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William Codrington
Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1881 – 1883
Succeeded by
Lewis A. Beaumont

Preceded by
Theodore M. Jones
Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard
1883
Succeeded by
William Codrington

Preceded by
Sir William Graham
Third Naval Lord and Controller of the Navy
1888 – 1892
Succeeded by
John A. Fisher

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick A. Herbert
Captain of H.M.S. Excellent
4 Mar, 1880[7] – ?
Succeeded by
William Codrington
Preceded by
William Codrington
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
21 Jun, 1881[8] – ?
Succeeded by
Lewis A. Beaumont
Preceded by
Frederick A. Herbert
Director of Naval Ordnance
6 Apr, 1883[9] – ?
Succeeded by
Frederic C. Dreyer
Preceded by
Theodore M. Jones
Captain Superintendent, Sheerness Dockyard
1883[10] – ?
Succeeded by
William Codrington
Preceded by
Frederick A. Herbert
Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard
1886 – ?
Succeeded by
William E. Gordon
Preceded by
William Graham
Third Sea Lord
30 Jul, 1888 – ?
Succeeded by
John A. Fisher
Preceded by
George W. Watson
Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station
15 Dec, 1891[11] – ?
Succeeded by
James E. Erskine
Preceded by
Michael Culme-Seymour
Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station
10 Nov, 1896[12] – ?
Succeeded by
John A. Fisher

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 23303. p. 5161. 20 September, 1867.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 25466. p. 1984. 1 May, 1885.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 26291. p. 3137. 25 May, 1892.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 26796. p. 6363. 20 November, 1896.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 27086. p. 3585. 3 June, 1899.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 27099. p. 4345. 14 July, 1899.
  7. The Navy List. (June, 1880). p. 210.
  8. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 652.
  9. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 652.
  10. Approximately.
  11. Hopkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36. f. 644.
  12. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 87.

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