George Hope (Royal Navy officer) explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
George Hope
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Admiral
Commands:




Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles:World War I
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Admiral Sir George Price Webley Hope, (11 October 1869 – 11 July 1959) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to become Deputy First Sea Lord during World War I.

Naval career

Hope joined the Royal Navy. He was promoted to commander on 30 June 1900. In July 1902 he was appointed in command of the light cruiser, which served in the Mediterranean Fleet.[1]

Promoted to captain in 1905,[2] he was given command of in March 1909,[3] in March 1910,[3] in April 1913,[3] in July 1914[3] and in October 1914.[3]

Hope served in the First World War.[4] He was appointed Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron, as well as Aide-de-Camp to King George V, in 1915, Director of the Operations Division at the Admiralty in 1916 and Deputy First Sea Lord in 1918.[4]

He was present at the signing of the Armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918. After the War, he was promoted to vice-admiral on 26 November 1920, and became Commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron. From 1923 he was President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.[4] He served as Chairman (1925-1951) of the Society for Nautical Research and its President (1936-1951).[5]

Family

In 1899, he married Arabella Phillippa Sams.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Naval & Military Intelligence . 8 July 1902 . 11 . e . 36814.
  2. http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=391 Sir George Price Webley Hope
  3. http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/George_Price_Webley_Hope Sir George Price Webley Hope
  4. http://www.thepeerage.com/p14995.htm Vice-Admiral Sir George Webley Hope
  5. Hugh Murphy & Derek J. Oddy (2010), The mirror of the sea; a centenary history of the society for nautical research, London, Society for Nautical Research, p. 41.