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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Compton Edward Domvile|Compton E. Domvile]]''' | |||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Mediterranean Station|Second-in-Command,<br>Mediterranean]]'''<br>1896 – 1898 | |||
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Gerard Henry Uctred Noel|Gerard H. U. Noel]]''' | |||
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Harry Holdsworth Rawson|Sir Harry H. Rawson]]''' | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Harry Holdsworth Rawson|Sir Harry H. Rawson]]''' |
Revision as of 11:53, 21 November 2010
Admiral SIR Robert Hastings Harris, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (12 October, 1843 – 25 August, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
On 19 February, 1901, Harris was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Andoe.[1]
Harris was appointed President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich on 6 August, 1903 in succession to Admiral Sir Robert H. M. Molyneux.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27288. p. 1350. 22 February, 1901.
- ↑ "New President of the Royal Naval College" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 25 July, 1903. Issue 37142, col F, pg. 7.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir R. H. Harris" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 26 August, 1926. Issue 44360, col D, pg. 12.
- Harris, Admiral Sir Robert Hastings (1913). From Naval Cadet to Admiral. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd..
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/36.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/15.
Naval Offices | ||
Preceded by Compton E. Domvile |
Second-in-Command, Mediterranean 1896 – 1898 |
Succeeded by Gerard H. U. Noel |
Preceded by Sir Harry H. Rawson |
Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station 1898 – 1901 |
Succeeded by Arthur W. Moore |
Preceded by Sir Robert H. More-Molyneux |
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1903 – 1906 |
Succeeded by Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe |