Walter Hunt-Grubbe

Admiral Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe GCB (23 February 1833 – 11 April 1922) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.

Sir Walter Hunt-Grubbe
Born23 February 1833
Died11 April 1922 (1922-04-12) (aged 89)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Tamar
HMS Rupert
HMS Devastation
HMS Pembroke
HMS Sultan
Cape of Good Hope Station
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/warsAnglo-Ashanti wars
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Hunt-Grubbe joined the Royal Navy in 1845.[1] Promoted to captain in 1866, he was given command of HMS Tamar and the men of the naval brigade at the Battle of Amoaful during the Anglo-Ashanti wars.[1] He went on to command HMS Rupert, HMS Devastation and then HMS Pembroke in which capacity he was in charge of the Medway Steam Reserve.[2] Later he commanded HMS Sultan.[1] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1885[3] and Superintendent of Devonport dockyard in 1888.[1] He went on to be President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1894.[4]

In retirement he became deputy chairman of the committee established in 1898 to provide for the efficient organisation and management of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.[5] He was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1899 Birthday Honours.[6]

Family

In 1867 he married Mary Anne Codrington.[1]

References

  1. Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe William Loney RN
  2. Medway
  3. Item reference ADM 50/344 National Archives
  4. "Royal Navy Senior Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. Genesis of the first school for tropical diseases at the ADH p. 420 Oxford John Radcliffe
  6. "No. 27086". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1899. p. 3585.
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