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Revision as of 13:29, 11 May 2014

Vice-Admiral The Honourable Robert F. Boyle, 1919.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral THE HONOURABLE Robert Francis Boyle, M.V.O., R.N. (12 December, 1863 – 11 September, 1922) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 20 August, 1886.[1]

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 August, 1897.[2]

Captain

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[3]

He was appointed in command of Leviathan and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral The Hon. Hedworth Lambton on 26 June, 1905.[4]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Bacchante in November 1906, remaining there only until January.[5]

He was appointed in command of Prince George on 5 March, 1907.[6]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Antrim on 1 September, 1908.[7]

He became Captain of the armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh in April 1909.[8]

Great War

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 April, 1914, vice Slade.[9]

In March, 1916, he was appointed to fly his flag at Stornoway.[10]

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 10 February, 1919, and placed on the Retired List on 11 February.[11]

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 25620. p. 4176. 27 August, 1886.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 26893. p. 5213. 21 September, 1897.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  4. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 3 July, 1905. Issue 37749, col A, p. 12.
  5. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 199.
  7. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 278.
  8. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 28828. p. 3662. 5 May, 1914.
  10. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 31201. p. 2738. 25 February, 1919.

Bibliography

  • "Death of Vice-Admiral R. F. Boyle" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 12 September, 1922. Issue 43134, col C, p. 13.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Reginald G. O. Tupper
Rear-Admiral, Stornoway
1916 – 1920
Succeeded by
Appointment Terminated

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Francis G. Kirby
Captain of H.M.S. Leviathan
26 Jun, 1905 – ?
Succeeded by
Robert J. Prendergast
Preceded by
Robert J. Prendergast
Captain of H.M.S. Bacchante
Nov, 1906 – ?
Succeeded by
William G. E. Ruck-Keene
Preceded by
Robert H. S. Stokes
Captain of H.M.S. Prince George
5 Mar, 1907 – ?
Succeeded by
Arthur L. Cay
Preceded by
William C. Pakenham
Captain of H.M.S. Antrim
1 Sep, 1908 – ?
Succeeded by
Henry D. Wilkin
Preceded by
Harry H. Stileman
Captain of H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh
Apr, 1909 – ?
Succeeded by
Thomas W. Kemp

 


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