Robert Hastings Harris

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] On 1 September, 1904, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Stephenson.^[3]

↑ 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.
↑ London Gazette: no. 27715. p. 6044. 20 September, 1904.

"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..

Naval Offices
Preceded by Lewis A. Beaumont	Commodores, Second Class in Command of the Training Squadron 1893 – 1895	Succeeded by George L. Atkinson
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