Robert Stewart Phipps Hornby
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
On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[1]
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 in 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.[2]
Hornby was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Peirse, on 11 March, 1918.[3]
Hornby was promoted to the rank of Admiral in the place of Sir Stanley Colville, placed on the Retired List, on 4 April, 1922.[4] Hornby was himself placed on the Retired List "at his own request" on 6 April.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 3. 2 January, 1903.
- ↑ Hornby Service Record. p. 338.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30599. p. 3756. 26 March, 1918.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32668. p. 2934. 11 April, 1922.
- ↑ 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 Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
