Walter Hunt-Grubbe

Admiral Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe 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.

Sir Walter Hunt-Grubbe
Born	23 February 1833
Died	11 April 1922 (aged 89)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Tamar HMS Rupert HMS Devastation HMS Pembroke HMS Sultan Cape of Good Hope Station Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/wars	Anglo-Ashanti wars
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Hunt-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]

Family

In 1867 he married Mary Anne Codrington.[1]

References

1. Sir Walter James Hunt-Grubbe William Loney RN
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. "No. 27086". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1899. p. 3585.