Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer)

For other people named Robert Davenport, see Robert Davenport (disambiguation).

Vice-Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport CB (13 April 1882 – 15 June 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Vice-Admiral Robert Davenport CB
Born	13 April 1882 Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Died	15 June 1965 (1965-06-16) (aged 83)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1896–1938 1939–1946
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands	HMS Despatch HMS Queen Elizabeth Coast of Scotland
Battles / wars	Second Boer War World War I World War II
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Educated on HMS Britannia,^[1] Davenport joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1896.^[2] He was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 15 April 1901,^[3] served in the Second Boer War and World War I.^[1] He became Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Despatch in 1924 and the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1930^[4] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1935.^[5] He retired in 1938^[2] but was recalled to serve in World War II as Commodore of Convoys from 1939 and then on the Selection Board for Temporary Commissions in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1941 until his final retirement in 1946.^[1]

Family

In 1917 he married Gwladwys Mabel Halahan (née Gwatkin-Williams).^[6]