- Richard Vesey Hamilton
Infobox Military Person
name= Richard Vesey Hamilton
lived=28 May 1829 –17 September 1912
placeofbirth=
placeofdeath=
caption= Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton
nickname=
allegiance= flagicon|United KingdomUnited Kingdom
serviceyears= 1843 - 1891
rank= Admiral
branch=
branch
commands= First Naval Lord
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battles=Second Anglo-Chinese War
awards=Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
laterwork=Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton GCB (28 May 1829 -17 September 1912 ) was a senior naval officer and First Naval Lord. His father was rector ofLittle Chart inKent .Naval career
Hamilton joined the
Royal Navy in 1843. Between 1852 and 1855 he served as aLieutenant on HMS "Resolute" where he was involved in a search for SirJohn Franklin 's ill-fated expedition to find theNorth West passage .In 1856 he served in HMS|Haughty and was involved in the
Second Anglo-Chinese War .Between 1862 and 1873 he commanded successively HMS "Vesuvius", HMS|Sphynx and HMS "Achilles".
He was
Commander-in-Chief ,China from 1885 to 1887 and First Naval Lord from 1889 to 1891.Later career
In 1896 he wrote a manual entitled 'Naval Administration'. He died in
Chalfont St Peter inBuckinghamshire .References
* [http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1142 Service record]
*cite book | first=C. A. R. | last=Callender | chapter=Hamilton, Sir Richard Vesey (1829–1912) | editor=rev. Andrew Lambert | title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | publisher=Oxford University Press | year=2004 | url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33671 | accessdate=2007-10-13Further reading
* "Naval Administration", Richard Vesey Hamilton, G. Bell & Sons, 1896
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