George Price Webley Hope
Admiral SIR George Price Webley Hope, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Royal Navy (11 October, 1869 – 11 July, 1959) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
On 12 December, 1895, Hope was appointed to the new battleship Magnificent.[1]
Hope was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.[2]
On 8 February, 1910, Hope was appointed in command of Magnificent, and as Flag Captain.[3] On 1 March, he was appointed in command of the Bulwark.[4]
Great War
On 29 July, 1914, Hope was appointed in command of H.M.S. King Alfred. He retained this command until 1 October, when he was appointed to Victory at Portsmouth for command of the new battleship Queen Elizabeth.
On 15 December, 1916 he went to the Admiralty as Second Director of the Operations Division on the War Staff. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 April, 1917, vice Anson.[5] On 11 June, 1917 he succeeded Rear-Admiral Thomas Jackson as Director of the division.[6] He retained this position until 9 January, 1918, and on the 10th he was appointed Deputy First Sea Lord and a Lord Commissioner of the Board of Admiralty.
Post-War
Hope was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 24 November, 1925, vice de Robeck, promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 November, 1895. Issue 34737, col E, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 31 January, 1910. Issue 39183, col B, pg. 17.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 February, 1910. Issue 39195, col C, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30012. p. 3404. 10 April, 1917.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir G. Hope" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 13 July, 1959. Issue 54511, col C, pg. 10.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
- 1869 births
- 1959 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1882
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Assistant Directors of the Mobilisation Department (Royal navy)
- Assistant Directors of the Operations Division (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Superb (1907)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)
- Deputy First Sea Lords
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Third Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
