| 词条 | Walter Hunt-Grubbe |
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|name= Sir Walter Hunt-Grubbe |birth_date=23 February 1833 |death_date= {{death-date and age|11 April 1922|23 February 1833}} |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears= |rank= Admiral |commands= HMS Tamar HMS Rupert HMS Devastation HMS Pembroke HMS Sultan Cape of Good Hope Station Royal Naval College, Greenwich |branch= Royal Navy |unit= |battles=Anglo-Ashanti wars |awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|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. Naval careerHunt-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] FamilyIn 1867 he married Mary Anne Codrington.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe William Loney RN {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before=Sir Nowell Salmon}}{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station | years=1885–1888}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Richard Wells}}2. ^Medway 3. ^Item reference ADM 50/344 National Archives 4. ^Royal Navy Senior Appointments 5. ^Genesis of the first school for tropical diseases at the ADH p. 420 Oxford John Radcliffe 6. ^{{London Gazette |supp=y |issue=27086 |page=3585 |date=3 June 1899 }} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Richard Hamilton}}{{s-ttl|title=President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich|years=1894–1897}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Richard Tracey}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt-Grubbe, Walter}} 5 : 1833 births|1922 deaths|Admiral presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
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