Robert Francis Boyle

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Vice-Admiral The Honourable Robert F. Boyle, 1919.
© National Portrait Gallery, London.

Vice-Admiral THE HONOURABLE Robert Francis Boyle, M.V.O., R.N. (12 December, 1863 – 11 September, 1922) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 20 August, 1886.[1]

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 August, 1897.[2]

Captain

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[3]

He was appointed in command of Leviathan and as Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral The Hon. Hedworth Lambton on 26 June, 1905.[4]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Bacchante in November 1906, remaining there only until January.[5]

He was appointed in command of Prince George on 5 March, 1907.[6]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Antrim on 1 September, 1908.[7]

He became Captain of the armoured cruiser Duke of Edinburgh in April 1909.[8]

Great War

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 April, 1914, vice Slade.[9]

In March, 1916, he was appointed to fly his flag at Stornoway[10], being appointed additional to the yacht Iolaire on the tenth.[11]

Boyle was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 10 February, 1919, and placed on the Retired List on 11 February.[12]

Bibliography

  • "Death of Vice-Admiral R. F. Boyle" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 12 September, 1922. Issue 43134, col C, p. 13.

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Sydney R. Fremantle 		Captain of H.M.S. Albion
1 May, 1905[13] – 31 May, 1905[14] 		Succeeded by
Frederick S. Pelham
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Dominion
20 Jun, 1905[15] – 25 Jun, 1905[16] 		Succeeded by
John L. Marx
Preceded by
Christopher G. F. M. Cradock 		Captain of H.M.S. Leviathan
26 Jun, 1905[17] – 17 Jul, 1905[18] 		Succeeded by
Robert J. Prendergast
Preceded by
Robert J. Prendergast 		Captain of H.M.S. Bacchante
27 Nov, 1906[19] – 28 Jan, 1907[20] 		Succeeded by
William G. E. Ruck-Keene
Preceded by
Robert H. S. Stokes 		Captain of H.M.S. Prince George
5 Mar, 1907[21] – 15 Nov, 1907[22] 		Succeeded by
Arthur L. Cay
Preceded by
William C. Pakenham 		Captain of H.M.S. Antrim
1 Sep, 1908[23] – 28 Apr, 1909[24] 		Succeeded by
Henry D. Wilkin
Preceded by
Harry H. Stileman 		Captain of H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh
29 Apr, 1909[25] – 18 May, 1911[26] 		Succeeded by
Thomas W. Kemp
Preceded by
William O. Story 		Rear-Admiral-in-Charge of the Eastern Coast Guard District
1 Oct, 1911[27] – 9 Jun, 1914[28] 		Succeeded by
Charles W. Keighly-Peach
as Captain-in-Charge of the Eastern Coast Guard District
Preceded by
Reginald G. O. Tupper 		Rear-Admiral, Stornoway
Mar, 1916[29] – 1920 		Succeeded by
Appointment Terminated

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25620. p. 4176. 27 August, 1886.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26893. p. 5213. 21 September, 1897.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 3 July, 1905. Issue 37749, col A, p. 12.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 199.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.
  8. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  9. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28828. p. 3662. 5 May, 1914.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1056.
  12. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31201. p. 2738. 25 February, 1919.
  13. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  14. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  15. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  16. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  17. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 3 July, 1905. Issue 37749, col A, p. 12.
  18. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  19. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  20. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  21. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 199.
  22. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 278.
  24. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  25. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  26. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  27. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 47.
  28. ↑ Boyle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 673.
  29. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 3.

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