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Robert Harris (Royal Navy officer, 1843–1926)

Robert Harris (Royal Navy officer, 1843–1926)

Royal Navy officer

Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Penruddock Harris KCB, KCMG (12 October 1843 – 25 August 1926) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.

Not to be confused with Robert Harris (Royal Navy officer, 1809–1865).
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Harris joined the Royal Navy in 1856.[1] Promoted to captain in 1879 and to rear-admiral in 1891, he commanded the Training Squadron from 1893 to 1895 before becoming Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1896.[1] In that role he was involved in the Cretan Revolt.[2][3]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1898 and played an important role in the Second Boer War:[1] in October 1899 he formed a Naval Brigade and despatched the brigade to support General Frederick Forestier-Walker in defeating of the Boers at the Battle of Ladysmith – one of the guns surrendered by the Boers survives at Devonport today.[4] Promoted to vice admiral in 1901[5][6] he went on to serve as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1903 with promotion to admiral in 1904.[7][8]

He lived at a house called The Brake in Yelverton, Devon.[9][8]

Family

He married Florence Cordelia Henn-Gennys; they had three sons and five daughters.[9][8]

References

  1. [1]
    Anglo-Boer War Archived 31 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Contact Support". mickmctiernan.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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    "British warships off Canea. March 1897". 17 March 2014.
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    HMS Doris GunMoseley, Brian (March 2007). "HMS Doris Gun". The Encyclopaedia of Plymouth History. Plymouth Data. Archived from the original on 13 September 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. [5]
    "No. 27288". The London Gazette. 22 February 1901. p. 1350.
  6. [6]
    Vice Admiral Sir Robert Harris Sydney Morning Herald, 23 February 1901
  7. [7]
    Royal Navy Flag Officers, 1 June 1906
  8. [8]
    'HARRIS, Adm. Sir Robert Hastings', in Who Was Who 1916–1928 (London: A & C Black, 1992 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-3143-0)
  9. [9]
    Admiral Sir Robert Hastings Penruddock Harris
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