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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
Hamond was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1881.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25055/pages/4 no. 25055.  p. 4.]  3 January, 1882.</ref>
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Hamond was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1881.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25055/pages/4 no. 25055.  p. 4.]  3 January, 1882.</ref>
  
 
[[William Graham Greene|W. Graham Greene]], a civil servant at the Admiralty, later wrote of Hamond, "'Dick' Hamond was a thorough seaman, bearded, rolling in his gait, devoted to sport, shooting, fishing, & with the outlook of a plain Norfolk county gentleman."<ref>National Maritime Museum.  GEE 13.</ref>
 
[[William Graham Greene|W. Graham Greene]], a civil servant at the Admiralty, later wrote of Hamond, "'Dick' Hamond was a thorough seaman, bearded, rolling in his gait, devoted to sport, shooting, fishing, & with the outlook of a plain Norfolk county gentleman."<ref>National Maritime Museum.  GEE 13.</ref>
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Hamond succeeded Captain [[Archibald Lucius Douglas|Archibald L. Douglas]] in command of [[H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Cambridge'']], gunnery school at Plymouth, on 34 July, 1894.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 13 June, 1894.  Issue '''34289''', col G, p. 11.</ref>
 
Hamond succeeded Captain [[Archibald Lucius Douglas|Archibald L. Douglas]] in command of [[H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Cambridge'']], gunnery school at Plymouth, on 34 July, 1894.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 13 June, 1894.  Issue '''34289''', col G, p. 11.</ref>
  
He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} dated 9 November, 1896, vice [[Charles George Fane|Fane]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26796/pages/6363 no. 26796.  p. 6363.]  20 November, 1896.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} dated 9 November, 1896, vice [[Charles George Fane|Fane]].<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26796/pages/6363 no. 26796.  p. 6363.]  20 November, 1896.</ref>
  
 
==Flag Rank==
 
==Flag Rank==
Hamond was advanced to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 25 January, 1902,<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27405/pages/844 no. 27405.  p. 844.]  11 February, 1902.</ref> and was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 22 July, 1905.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27822/pages/5222 no. 27822.  p. 5222.]  28 July, 1905.</ref>
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Hamond was advanced to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 25 January, 1902,<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27405/pages/844 no. 27405.  p. 844.]  11 February, 1902.</ref> and was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 22 July, 1905.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27822/pages/5222 no. 27822.  p. 5222.]  28 July, 1905.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 21:58, 24 September 2012

Admiral Richard Horace Hamond, Royal Navy, Retired (17 January, 1843 – 12 March, 1906) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hamond was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1881.[1]

W. Graham Greene, a civil servant at the Admiralty, later wrote of Hamond, "'Dick' Hamond was a thorough seaman, bearded, rolling in his gait, devoted to sport, shooting, fishing, & with the outlook of a plain Norfolk county gentleman."[2]

Hamond succeeded Captain Archibald L. Douglas in command of H.M.S. Cambridge, gunnery school at Plymouth, on 34 July, 1894.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 9 November, 1896, vice Fane.[4]

Flag Rank

Hamond was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 25 January, 1902,[5] and was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 22 July, 1905.[6]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
  2. National Maritime Museum. GEE 13.
  3. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 June, 1894. Issue 34289, col G, p. 11.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 26796. p. 6363. 20 November, 1896.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 27405. p. 844. 11 February, 1902.
  6. The London Gazette: no. 27822. p. 5222. 28 July, 1905.

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