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==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Hamond was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral George Elliot, [[Nore Station|Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness]], on 30 June, 1870.  On the hauling down of Elliot's flag Hamond was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}}, on 13 February, 1873.<ref>ADM 196/36.  f. 606(d).</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>
 
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>
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On 16 September, 1892, Hamond was appointed [[Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty|Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty]], Earl Spencer.<ref>ADM 196/36.  f. 606(d).</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>Greene Papers.  National Maritime Museum.  GEE 13.</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>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26796/pages/6363 no. 26796.  p. 6363.]  20 November, 1896.</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 3 July, 1894.  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> and superseded in ''Cambridge'' on 1 December.<ref>ADM 196/36.  f. 606(d).</ref>
  
 
==Flag Rank==
 
==Flag Rank==

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

Life & Career

Hamond was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Vice-Admiral George Elliot, Commander-in-Chief, Sheerness, on 30 June, 1870. On the hauling down of Elliot's flag Hamond was promoted to the rank of Commander, on 13 February, 1873.[1]

Hamond was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1881.[2]

On 16 September, 1892, Hamond was appointed Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Spencer.[3] 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."[4]

Hamond succeeded Captain Archibald L. Douglas in command of H.M.S. Cambridge, gunnery school at Plymouth, on 3 July, 1894. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral dated 9 November, 1896, vice Fane,[5] and superseded in Cambridge on 1 December.[6]

Flag Rank

Hamond was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 25 January, 1902,[7] and was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 22 July, 1905.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ADM 196/36. f. 606(d).
  2. The London Gazette: no. 25055. p. 4. 3 January, 1882.
  3. ADM 196/36. f. 606(d).
  4. Greene Papers. National Maritime Museum. GEE 13.
  5. The London Gazette: no. 26796. p. 6363. 20 November, 1896.
  6. ADM 196/36. f. 606(d).
  7. The London Gazette: no. 27405. p. 844. 11 February, 1902.
  8. The London Gazette: no. 27822. p. 5222. 28 July, 1905.

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Papers

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alfred T. Dale
Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1892 – 1894
Succeeded by
The Hon. Hedworth Lambton

 

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