Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer)

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British Royal Navy officer, born 1817

Places

United Kingdom Great Britain

was

Navy officer

Work field

Military

Gender

Male

Birth

1817

Death

11 June 1882 People who died on this day

Age

65 years

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Biography

Vice-Admiral Robert Hall, CB (1817 – 11 June 1882) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Lord and Controller of the Navy.

Naval career

Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1833. Promoted to Captain in 1855, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Sea of Azov and HMS Miranda in the Black sea during the Crimean War. He was then given command of HMS Termagant. He was appointed Private secretary to the Duke of Somerset (First Lord of the Admiralty) in 1863, Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard in 1866 and Third Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1871. He went on to be Naval Secretary of the Admiralty in 1872 and Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty in 1882.

Hall was laid to rest in the secular cemetery of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire.

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