Randolph Frank Ollive Foote

Admiral SIR Randolph Frank Ollive Foote, K.C.B., C.M.G., Royal Navy, Retired (14 May, 1853 – 28 November, 1931) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Foote was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1884.

Foote was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1891.

He was placed in command of the battleship Repulse in June 1899, staying until September of 1900.

He served as captain of Ocean from May 1903 until February of 1904.

Flag Rank

Foote was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 15 March, 1904, vice Dyke Acland.

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 22 March, 1908, vice Dyke Acland. In accordance with the provisions of the Orders in Council of 16 July, 1895 and 8 December, 1903, he was placed on the Retired List on 15 March, 1911. He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 18 September.

On 1 January, 1914, he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.).

On 1 May 1916, he was appointed Assistant Inspector by the Ministry of Munitions at a salary of £500. On 25 May he was made Inspector, with a salary of £650, 10% to be abated in allowance for civil emoluments.

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir R. Foote" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 1 December, 1931. Issue 45994, col A, p. 19.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/38.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/19.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Richard P. Humpage	Captain of H.M.S. Mohawk 18 Jul, 1889 – 10 Sep, 1889	Succeeded by Lewis A. Beaumont
Preceded by Reginald H. Thornton	Captain of H.M.S. Ganges 10 Sep, 1889 – c. Jul, 1891	Succeeded by John R. Prickett
Preceded by Henry J. May	Inspector of Warlike Stores 8 Oct, 1892 – Nov, 1895	Succeeded by J. Henry T. Burke
Preceded by William L. H. Browne	Captain of H.M.S. Forte 5 Nov, 1895 – 30 Mar, 1898	Succeeded by Arthur W. E. Prothero
Preceded by Sir Richard Poore, Bart.	Captain of H.M.S. Hawke 30 Mar, 1898 – 18 Apr, 1899	Succeeded by Alexander W. Chisholm-Batten
Preceded by Robert L. Groome	Captain of H.M.S. Repulse 20 Jun, 1899 – 18 Sep, 1900	Succeeded by Spencer H. M. Login
Preceded by Henry D. Barry	Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee 18 Sep, 1900	Succeeded by Arthur W. Waymouth
Preceded by Richard W. White	Captain of H.M.S. Ocean 1 Apr, 1903 – 23 Feb, 1904	Succeeded by Thomas Y. Greet
Preceded by Morgan Singer	Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee 14 Jul, 1904	Succeeded by Arthur H. Limpus
Preceded by Alfred A. C. Parr	Vice-President of the Ordnance Committee 1 Jul, 1905 – 2 Jan, 1908	Succeeded by Randolph F. O. Foote as Vice-President of the Ordnance Board
Preceded by Randolph F. O. Foote as Vice-President of the Ordnance Committee	Vice-President of the Ordnance Board 2 Jan, 1908 – 24 Jan, 1908	Succeeded by Arthur P. Penton
Preceded by ?	President of the Ordnance Board 24 Jan, 1908	Succeeded by Sir Charles F. Hadden