William Robert Kennedy

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Admiral Sir William R. Kennedy.
Photograph: Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor.

Admiral SIR William Robert Kennedy, G.C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1838 – 9 October, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • "Death of Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 10 October, 1916. Issue 41294, col C, pg. 11.
  • Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1876). Sporting Adventures in the Pacific, Whilst in Command of the "Reindeer". London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
  • Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1885). Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
  • Kennedy, Admiral (1892). Sporting Sketches in South America. London: R. H. Porter.
  • Kennedy, Vice-Admiral Sir William, K.C.B. (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. London: William Blackwood and Sons.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Frederick C. B. Robinson
Commander-in-Chief on the
East Indies Station

1892 – 1895
Succeeded by
Edmund C. Drummond
Preceded by
Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1900 – 1901
Succeeded by
Albert H. Markham