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Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer)

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Allegiance
  
Died
  
June 11, 1882

Rank
  
Vice admiral

Role
  
Royal Navy officer

Service/branch
  
Name
  
Robert Hall

Battles and wars
  
Battles/wars
  
Awards
  
Order of the Bath


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

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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Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia


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