Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer)

Vice-Admiral Robert Hall, CB (c. 1817 – 11 June 1882) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Lord and Controller of the Navy.

Vice-Admiral Robert Hall CB
Born	5 July 1817
Died	11 June 1882
Buried	Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Battles / wars	Crimean War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Early life

He was the natural son of Sir Robert Hall (1778-1818), a naval officer,  and Miss Mary Ann Edwards.^[1]

Naval career

Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1833.^[2] Promoted to captain in 1855, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Sea of Azov and HMS Miranda in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.^[2] He was then given command of HMS Termagant.^[2]

He was appointed Private Secretary to the Duke of Somerset (First Lord of the Admiralty) in 1863, Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard in 1866^[3] and Third Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1871.^[2] He was afterwards Naval Secretary of the Admiralty from 1872 to 1882 and acting Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty in 1882 in the absence of the incumbent.^[2]

Hall was laid to rest in the secular cemetery of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire.^[4]

See also

• O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Hall, Robert" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.