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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} dated 9 July, 1886.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25660/pages/6612 no. 25660.  p. 6612.]  31 December, 1886.</ref>
Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} dated 9 July, 1886.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25660/pages/6612 no. 25660.  p. 6612.]  31 December, 1886.</ref>


Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1898.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26983/pages/3984 no. 26983.  p. 3984.]  1 July, 1898.</ref>
Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1898.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26983/pages/3984 no. 26983.  p. 3984.]  1 July, 1898.</ref>


On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}}.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27512/pages/3 no. 27512.  p. 3.]  2 January, 1903.</ref>
On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}}.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27512/pages/3 no. 27512.  p. 3.]  2 January, 1903.</ref>


Appointed {{CaptRN}} of [[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|H.M.S. ''Vernon'']] on 16 October, 1908, a post he would retain for three years. <ref>Blond. ''Technology and Tradition''. p. 167.</ref>
Appointed {{CaptRN}} of [[H.M.S. Vernon (Torpedo Training School)|H.M.S. ''Vernon'']] on 16 October, 1908, a post he would retain for three years. <ref>Blond. ''Technology and Tradition''. p. 167.</ref>
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He was appointed command of the {{UK-Inflexible|f=t}} on 8 May, 1912.<ref name=Roberts122>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 122.</ref>
He was appointed command of the {{UK-Inflexible|f=t}} on 8 May, 1912.<ref name=Roberts122>Roberts.  ''Battlecruisers''.  p. 122.</ref>


Phipps Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 15 May, 1913, vice [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Brock]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28719/pages/3514 no. 28719.  p. 3514.]  16 May, 1913.</ref>
Phipps Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 15 May, 1913, vice [[Frederic Edward Errington Brock|Brock]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28719/pages/3514 no. 28719.  p. 3514.]  16 May, 1913.</ref>


==Great War==
==Great War==
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In September, 1917, he was appointed president of an Admiralty Committee to investigate a range of topics including the suitability of the existing system of torpedo personnel, though it had not issued its report as of late August, 1918.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917'', p. vi.</ref>
In September, 1917, he was appointed president of an Admiralty Committee to investigate a range of topics including the suitability of the existing system of torpedo personnel, though it had not issued its report as of late August, 1918.<ref>''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917'', p. vi.</ref>


Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}}, vice [[Richard Henry Peirse|Peirse]], on 11 March, 1918.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30599/pages/3756 no. 30599.  p. 3756.]  26 March, 1918.</ref>
Hornby was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}}, vice [[Richard Henry Peirse|Peirse]], on 11 March, 1918.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30599/pages/3756 no. 30599.  p. 3756.]  26 March, 1918.</ref>


==Post-War==
==Post-War==
Hornby was promoted to the rank  of {{AdmRN}} in the place of [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|Sir Stanley Colville]], placed on the Retired List, on 4 April, 1922.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32668/pages/2934 no. 32668.  p. 2934.]  11 April, 1922.</ref>  Hornby was himself placed on the Retired List "at his own request" on 6 April.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32672/pages/3030 no. 32672.  p. 3030.]  14 April, 1922.</ref>
Hornby was promoted to the rank  of {{AdmRN}} in the place of [[Stanley Cecil James Colville|Sir Stanley Colville]], placed on the Retired List, on 4 April, 1922.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32668/pages/2934 no. 32668.  p. 2934.]  11 April, 1922.</ref>  Hornby was himself placed on the Retired List "at his own request" on 6 April.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32672/pages/3030 no. 32672.  p. 3030.]  14 April, 1922.</ref>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 22:04, 24 September 2012

Admiral Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby, C.M.G., J.P., Royal Navy (9 July, 1866 – 13 August, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant dated 9 July, 1886.[1]

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1898.[2]

On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[3]

Appointed Captain of H.M.S. Vernon on 16 October, 1908, a post he would retain for three years. [4]

He was appointed command of the battlecruiser Inflexible on 8 May, 1912.[5]

Phipps Hornby was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 May, 1913, vice Brock.[6]

Great War

On 1 August, 1914, Hornby was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force E (the Eleventh Cruiser Squadron), with his flag in the Doris. On 5 September he transferred his flag to the battleship Glory as Rear-Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force H on the North America and West Indies Station. In February, 1915, he became Rear-Admiral Commanding on the North America and West Indies Station, and on 7 March became Second-in-Command on that station to Vice-Admiral Sir George E. Patey. He hauled down his flag on 21 June, and his last day on full pay was on the 27th.[7][8]

In September, 1917, he was appointed president of an Admiralty Committee to investigate a range of topics including the suitability of the existing system of torpedo personnel, though it had not issued its report as of late August, 1918.[9]

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Peirse, on 11 March, 1918.[10]

Post-War

Hornby was promoted to the rank of Admiral in the place of Sir Stanley Colville, placed on the Retired List, on 4 April, 1922.[11] Hornby was himself placed on the Retired List "at his own request" on 6 April.[12]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25660. p. 6612. 31 December, 1886.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
  4. ↑ Blond. Technology and Tradition. p. 167.
  5. ↑ Roberts. Battlecruisers. p. 122.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28719. p. 3514. 16 May, 1913.
  7. ↑ Hornby Service Record. p. 338.
  8. ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 34.
  9. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1917, p. vi.
  10. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30599. p. 3756. 26 March, 1918.
  11. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32668. p. 2934. 11 April, 1922.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32672. p. 3030. 14 April, 1922.

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Phipps Hornby" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 15 August, 1956. Issue 53610, col D, pg. 10.

Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Cruiser Force E
1914 		Succeeded by
Henry L. Tottenham

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