Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer)

Robert Hall

Born| 5 July 1817
Died| 11 June 1882
Buried|

Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire

Allegiance|  United Kingdom
Service / branch|  Royal Navy
Rank| Vice-Admiral
Battles / wars| Crimean War
Awards| Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice-Admiral Robert Hall, CB (c. 1817 - 11 June 1882) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Lord and Controller of the Navy.

## Early life

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He was the natural son of Sir Robert Hall (1778-1818), a naval officer, and Miss Mary Ann Edwards.[1]

## Naval career

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Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1833.[2] 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.[2] He was then given command of HMS Termagant.[2]

He was appointed Private Secretary to the Duke of Somerset (First Lord of the Admiralty) in 1863, Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard in 1866[3] and Third Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1871.[2] He was afterwards Naval Secretary of the Admiralty from 1872 to 1882 and acting Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty in 1882 in the absence of the incumbent.[2]

Hall was laid to rest in the secular cemetery of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire.[4]

## See also

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* O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Hall, Robert" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray - via Wikisource.

## References

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1. ^ "Biography – HALL, Sir ROBERT – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". biographi.ca. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e William Loney RN
3. ^ Pembroke Dockyard
4. ^ Nottingham Evening Post, 16 June 1882

## External links

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* Robert Hall at The Dreadnought Project.

Military offices

Preceded by

Sir Spencer Robinson

|  Third Lord and Controller of the Navy
1871–1872  | Succeeded by

William Stewart

as Controller of the Navy