Royal Naval College, Greenwich

History

The Royal Naval College was founded by the Order in Council of 16 January, 1873. The initial establishment was comprised of a Flag Officer as President, a Captain, Royal Navy, a Director of Studies, and Professors of Mathematics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Applied Mechanics, and of Fortification, and others as needed.

Additional recreation rooms were constructed in 1877 after a racket court had been built featuring large medallion portraits of Nelson, Howe and other naval heroes where they could clearly be seen from the river.

Presidents of the College

Dates of appointments given:

• Vice-Admiral Sir Astley C. Key, 2 January, 1873
• Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe, 22 December, 1875
• Admiral Charles F. A. Shadwell, 1 March, 1878 – 1881
• Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby, 1 March, 1881
• Admiral William G. Luard, 28 November, 1882
• Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Brandreth, 28 November, 1885
• Admiral Sir William Graham, 29 November, 1888 – 29 June, 1891
• Admiral Sir R. Vesey Hamilton, 28 September, 1891
• Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe, 1 October, 1894 – 1 October, 1897
• Admiral Sir Richard E. Tracey, 1 October, 1897
• Admiral Sir Robert H. M. Molyneux, 1 October, 1900
• Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris, 1 October, 1903
• Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe, 1 October, 1906 – 22 March, 1908
• Admiral Sir John Durnford, 23 March, 1908
• Admiral Sir Frederic W. Fisher, 23 March, 1911 – 23 October, 1914
• Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, 24 October, 1914
• Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly, 18 January, 1915
• Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, 4 December, 1916 – 3 July, 1919
• Vice-Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham, 1 August, 1919
• Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C. T. Tudor, 15 November, 1920 – 15 November, 1922
• Rear-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond, 26 November, 1922 – 27 February, 1923
• Admiral George P. W. Hope, 25 February, 1923 – 27 February, 1926
• Admiral Richard Webb, 27 February, 1926 – 27 February, 1929
• Vice-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 27 February, 1929 – 23 March, 1929
• Vice-Admiral William H. D. Boyle, late 1929^{[Citation needed]}
• Vice-Admiral Barry Edward Domvile, 1 August, 1932
• Vice-Admiral Ragnar M. Colvin, 8 August, 1934 – 20 February, 1937
• Vice-Admiral Sidney R. Bailey, 1 March, 1937 – 7 October, 1938
• Vice-Admiral Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis, 7 October, 1938 – 1940
• Vice-Admiral Eric J. P. Brind, 3 October, 1946 – December, 1948
• Vice-Admiral Geoffrey N. Oliver, 1948 – 1950
• Vice-Admiral Harold R. G. Kinahan, 1950 – 1952
• Vice-Admiral Cecil A. L. Mansergh, 1952 – 1954
• Admiral William G. Andrewes, 1954 – 1956
• Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Barnard, 1956 – 1958
• Rear-Admiral David C. Cairns, 1958 – 1961

Directors of Studies

• Thomas A. Hirst, 1 February, 1873.
• William D. Niven, 1882 – 1903.

Directors of Staff College

• Captain Robert H. T. Raikes, 2 May, 1932 – 20 June, 1934

Captain of the Royal Naval College

• Captain Francis Durrant, 30 September, 1877 – 23 February, 1879
• Captain Compton E. Domvile, 1 May, 1877
• Captain Compton E. Domvile, August, 1883 – November, 1885
• Captain Alexander P. Hastings, 30 November, 1885 – 25 November, 1888
• Captain Atwell P. MacL. Lake, 1 February, 1889 – 7 January, 1892  (lent out twice for manoeuvres)
• Captain Robert W. Stopford, 7 January, 1892 – 7 January, 1895
• Captain John Durnford, 7 January, 1895
• Captain John P. Pipon, 12 November, 1895 – 13 January, 1898
• Captain Spencer H. M. Login, 23 September, 1898 – 17 September, 1900
• Rear-Admiral Henry J. May, 18 September, 1900
• Captain Edmond J. W. Slade, 13 May, 1904
• Captain Edward C. Villiers, 8 October, 1906
• Captain Edward H. Moubray, 8 December, 1908 – 8 December, 1910
• Captain Herbert J. O. Millar, 8 December, 1910 – 8 December, 1912
• Captain William F. Slayter, 8 December, 1912 – 3 August, 1914
• Rear-Admiral (Retired) Edmund P. F. Jervoise, August, 1914 – 1 July, 1919
• Captain Percy M. R. Royds, 1 July, 1919 – 1 October, 1920
• Captain Humphrey H. Smith, 1 October, 1920 – 1 October, 1922
• Captain Walter J. C. Lake, 1 October, 1922 – 1 October, 1924
• Captain George T. C. P. Swabey, 1 October, 1924 – 18 June, 1926
• Captain Kenelm E. L. Creighton, 17 September, 1928 – 1 January, 1930
• Captain Richard Hayden O. Lane-Poole, 1 January, 1930 – 31 August, 1931
• Captain Hamilton C. Allen, 31 August, 1931 – 29 September, 1933
• Captain Henry H. Bousfield, 15 August, 1935 – 20 September, 1937
• Captain Louis H. K. Hamilton, 20 September, 1937 – 25 August, 1939

See Also

• Professors at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
• Wikipedia