George Price Webley Hope

Admiral Sir George P. W. Hope as a Rear-Admiral, 1918.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR George Price Webley Hope, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., R.N. (11 October, 1869 – 11 July, 1959) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hope was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, dated 11 October, 1889. On 12 December, 1895, Hope was appointed to the new battleship Magnificent.

Hope was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.

In 1903, Hope was tried by Court Martial on a charge of having negligently or by default hazarded H.M.S. Pioneer and Orwell. He was sentenced to be reprimanded and admonished to be more careful in future.

Captain

Hope was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1905.

Hope was appointed in command of H.M.S. Magnificent, and as Flag Captain, on 24 March, 1909.

On 8 February, 1910, Hope recommissioned Magnificent. On 18 March, he was appointed in command of the Bulwark.

He was appointed in command of the dreadnought Superb on 30 April, 1913.

Great War

On 29 July, 1914, Hope was appointed in command of H.M.S. King Alfred.^{[Citation needed]} He retained this command until 1 October, when he was appointed to Victory at Portsmouth for command of the new battleship Queen Elizabeth.^{[Citation needed]}

Hope was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1916.

On 9 September Jellicoe proposed to Sir Henry B. Jackson, the First Sea Lord, that Hope be appointed Rear-Admiral in the Fifth Battle Squadron on promotion to Flag Rank, so that in the event of splitting the squadron on deployment ships of the Queen Elizabeth class could be under command of a flag officer at either end of the line of battle.

On 15 December, 1916 he went to the Admiralty as Second Director of the Operations Division on the War Staff. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 April, 1917, vice Anson. On 11 June, 1917 he succeeded Rear-Admiral Thomas Jackson as Director of the division. He retained this position until 9 January, 1918, and on the 10th he was appointed Deputy First Sea Lord and a Lord Commissioner of the Board of Admiralty.

Post-War

On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.) on 3 June, 1919.

On 5 August, 1919, he was placed in command of the Third Light Cruiser Squadron, flying his flag in Cardiff.

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 November, 1920, vice Power.

Hope was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 24 November, 1925, vice de Robeck. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 2 March, 1926.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir G. Hope" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1959. Issue 54511, col C, p. 10.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/43.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Herbert W. Richmond	President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and Flag Officer Commanding the Royal Naval War College 1923 – 1926	Succeeded by Sir Richard Webb

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Douglas L. Dent	Captain of H.M.S. Kite 8 Jun, 1898 – 19 Apr, 1900	Succeeded by Sidney R. Drury-Lowe
Preceded by Hugh Evan-Thomas	Captain of H.M.S. Pioneer 5 Jul, 1902 – 29 Aug, 1904	Succeeded by George H. Borrett
Preceded by Bernard Currey	Captain of H.M.S. Good Hope 15 Jul, 1905 – 15 Jul, 1907	Succeeded by Ernest H. Grafton
Preceded by Edmond J. W. Slade	Captain of H.M.S. Terpsichore 1 Feb, 1908 – 24 Mar, 1909	Succeeded by Charles F. Thorp
Preceded by ?	Flag Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1 Feb, 1908 – 24 Mar, 1909	Succeeded by Charles F. Thorp
Preceded by Richard M. Harbord	Captain of H.M.S. Magnificent 24 Mar, 1909 – 18 Mar, 1910	Succeeded by Cunningham R. de C. Foot
Preceded by Cunningham R. de C. Foot	Captain of H.M.S. Bulwark 18 Mar, 1910 – 25 Mar, 1911	Succeeded by Edmund H. Smith
Preceded by New Appointment	Assistant Director of Operations Division 8 Jan, 1912 – 30 Apr, 1913	Succeeded by Herbert W. Richmond
Preceded by Ernest F. A. Gaunt	Captain of H.M.S. Superb 30 Apr, 1913 – 28 Jul, 1914	Succeeded by Price V. Lewes
Preceded by Richard H. Walters	Captain of H.M.S. King Alfred 29 Jul, 1914 – 1 Oct, 1914	Succeeded by Henry B. T. Somerville
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 1 Oct, 1914 – 14 Dec, 1916	Succeeded by Eustace La T. Leatham
Preceded by ?	Second Assistant Director of Operations Division 15 Dec, 1916	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Thomas Jackson	Director of Operations Division 11 Jun, 1917 – 9 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by A. Dudley P. R. Pound (Home) and Charles P. R. Coode (Foreign)
Preceded by Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss	Deputy First Sea Lord 10 Jan, 1918 – 5 Aug, 1919	Succeeded by Appointment Lapsed
Preceded by Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Third Light Cruiser Squadron	Vice-Admiral Commanding, Third Light Cruiser Squadron 5 Aug, 1919 – 19 Jan, 1921	Succeeded by Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bart. as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Third Light Cruiser Squadron
Preceded by Herbert W. Richmond	President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 25 Feb, 1923 – 27 Feb, 1926	Succeeded by Richard Webb