Robert More-Molyneux

Sir Robert More-Molyneux
Sir Robert More-Molyneux
Born	7 August 1838
Died	29 February 1904 (1904-03-01) (aged 65) Cairo, Egypt
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1852–1903
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS St Vincent HMS Ruby HMS Invincible Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles / wars	Crimean War Russo-Turkish War Anglo-Egyptian War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Robert Henry More-Molyneux, GCB (7 August 1838 – 29 February 1904) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Naval career

After an education at Windlesham House School, More-Molyneux joined the Royal Navy in 1852 and served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.[1][2] He became Commanding Officer of the training ship HMS St Vincent in 1869, Commanding Officer of the corvette HMS Ruby in 1877 (in which he served during the Russo-Turkish War) and then Commanding Officer of the battleship HMS Invincible, flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Beauchamp Seymour, in 1880.[2]

After commanding the Invincible during the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War, he went on to be commodore commanding the ships in the Red Sea in 1884, captain-superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1886 and admiral-superintendent at Devonport in 1891.[2] After that he became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1900 before retiring in 1903.[2]

He was promoted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list,[3][4] and invested with the insignia by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1902.[5]

Family

In 1874, he married Annie Mary Carew, daughter of Captain Matthew Charles Forster, R.N. ; she died in 1898, leaving a daughter, Gwendolen.[6]

References

1. Malden, Henry C. (1902). Muster Roll. Windlesham House, Brighton. A.D. 1837 to 1902 (2nd ed.). Brighton: H. & C. Treacher.
2. Laughton, L. G. C.; Morriss, Roger. "Molyneux, Sir Robert Henry More-(1838–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35097. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
4. "No. 27493". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1902. pp. 7161–7163.
5. "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36955. London. 19 December 1902. p. 4.
6.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1912). "More-Molyneaux, Robert Henry". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.

External links

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Military offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Tracey	President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1900–1903	Succeeded by Sir Robert Harris