Robert More-Molyneux

Sir Robert More-Molyneux
Sir Robert More-Molyneux
Born 7 August 1838
Died 29 February 1904 (1904-03-01) (aged 65)
Cairo, Egypt
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1852–1903
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS St Vincent
HMS Ruby
HMS Invincible
Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/wars Crimean War
Russo-Turkish War
Anglo-Egyptian War
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Robert Henry More-Molyneux GCB (7 August 1838 – 29 February 1904) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

More-Molyneux joined the Royal Navy in 1852 and served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.[1] 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.[1]

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.[1] After that he became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1900 before retiring in 1903.[1]

Family

In 1874, he married Annie Mary Carew, daughter of Captain Matthew Charles Forster, R.N. ; she died in 1898, leaving a daughter, Gwendolen.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Laughton, L. G. C.; Morriss, Roger. "Molyneux, Sir Robert Henry More-(1838–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35097. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ↑  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Laughton, Leonard George Carr (1912). "More-Molyneaux, Robert Henry". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement​. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Richard Tracey		 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1900–1903		 Succeeded by
Sir Robert Harris
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