William Robert Kennedy

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Admiral Sir William R. Kennedy.
Photograph: Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor.

Admiral SIR William Robert Kennedy, G.C.B., Royal Navy (4 March, 1838 – 9 October, 1916) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Bibliography

• "Death of Admiral Sir W. R. Kennedy" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 10 October, 1916. Issue 41294, col C, pg. 11.
• Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1876). Sporting Adventures in the Pacific, Whilst in Command of the "Reindeer". London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
• Kennedy, Captain W. R., R.N. (1885). Sport, Travel, and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies. London: William Blackwood and Sons.
• Kennedy, Admiral (1892). Sporting Sketches in South America. London: R. H. Porter.
• Kennedy, Vice-Admiral Sir William, K.C.B. (1900). Hurrah for the Life of a Sailor! Fifty Years in the Royal Navy. London: William Blackwood and Sons.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/70.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/36.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/14.

Naval Offices
Preceded by Frederick C. B. Robinson	Commander-in-Chief on the East Indies Station 1892 – 1895	Succeeded by Edmund C. Drummond
Preceded by Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith	Commander-in-Chief at the Nore 1900 – 1901	Succeeded by Albert H. Markham