Peyton Hoskyns

Rear-Admiral Peyton Hoskyns, M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (15 September, 1852 – 20 December, 1919) was an officer of the Royal Navy. His son, John Walter Hoskyns, would also serve in the navy during the Great War.

Life & Career

Hoskyns entered the Navy on 2 May, 1866 and passed out of the Royal Naval College in March of 1873. On 11 June, he was appointed to H.M.S. Cracker. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 October, 1876, Hoskyns remained in Cracker until she paid off in November, 1877.

Invalided from service in April, 1881, Hoskyns was sent back to England for Haslar Hospital, arriving on 21 May. In September, he was fit for service. He married Grace MacDuff Latham on 26 April, 1882.

On 1 March, 1886, he was appointed as Lieutenant & Commander of the wooden dispatch boat at Hong Kong, Vigilant. She was paid off on 2 August, 1886. On 5 January, 1887, he was appointed to Lion for command of the training brig H.M.S. Liberty. Hoskyns was excused for a "trifling error in judgment" when Liberty collided with a merchant schooner. He quit Liberty when his appointment expired on 9 January, 1890.

Hoskyns was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1891.

Hoskyns was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December 1898.^{[Citation needed]}

In April 1899, he was appointed captain of the second class protected cruiser Forte.

In February 1907, he was appointed in command of the second class battleship Barfleur.

Hoskyns died in London on 20 December, 1919 at 23 Albion Street.

See Also

• Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Sparrow 13 May, 1890	Succeeded by Ian M. Fraser
Preceded by John L. Marx	Captain of H.M.S. Blanche 10 Sep, 1895	Succeeded by Henry M. C. Festing
Preceded by Henry M. C. Festing	Captain of H.M.S. Blonde 1 Nov, 1895	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Reginald N. Custance	Captain of H.M.S. Blenheim 10 Jul, 1900	Succeeded by Frank H. Henderson
Preceded by Frederick St. G. Rich	Captain of H.M.S. Tauranga 24 Sep, 1900 – 18 Apr, 1901	Succeeded by Henry R. Robinson
Preceded by Charles H. Adair	Captain of H.M.S. Imperieuse 16 Jul, 1901	Succeeded by Ernest J. Fleet
Preceded by Robert C. Sparkes	Captain of H.M.S. Forte 1 Apr, 1902 – 1903	Succeeded by Charles H. Dundas
Preceded by Thomas Y. Greet	Captain-in-Charge of the South of Ireland Coast Guard District 25 Feb, 1904	Succeeded by Robert G. Fraser as Rear-Admiral-in-Charge of the South of Ireland Coast Guard District
Preceded by Hugh H. D. Tothill	Captain of H.M.S. Barfleur Feb, 1907	Succeeded by Hugh H. D. Tothill