Robert More-Molyneux Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Robert More-Molyneux
Birth Date:7 August 1838
Death Place:Cairo, Egypt
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1852–1903
Rank:Admiral
Commands:HMS St Vincent
HMS Ruby
HMS Invincible
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Branch: Royal Navy
Battles:Crimean War
Russo-Turkish War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Awards:Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Robert Henry More-Molyneux, (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] and invested with the insignia by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 18 December 1902.[4]

Family

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

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Malden, Henry C.. Muster Roll. Windlesham House, Brighton. A.D. 1837 to 1902. H. & C. Treacher. 1902. 2nd. Brighton.
  2. 35097. L. G. C.. Laughton. Molyneux, Sir Robert Henry More-(1838–1904). Roger. Morriss.
  3. Birthday Honours . 10 November 1902 . 10 . 36921.
  4. Court Circular . 19 December 1902 . 4 . 36955.