Robert Davenport (Royal Navy officer)

For other people named Robert Davenport, see Robert Davenport (disambiguation).

Robert Davenport
Born13 April 1882
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Died15 June 1965 (1965-06-16) (aged 83)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
Years of service1896–1938
1939–1946
RankVice admiral
CommandsHMS Despatch
HMS Queen Elizabeth
Coast of Scotland
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
World War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Vice-Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport CB (13 April 1882 – 15 June 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Educated on HMS Britannia,[1] Davenport joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1896.[2] He was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 15 April 1901,[3] served in the Second Boer War and World War I.[1] He became Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Despatch in 1924 and the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1930[4] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1935.[5] He retired in 1938[2] but was recalled to serve in World War II as Commodore of Convoys from 1939 and then on the Selection Board for Temporary Commissions in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1941 until his final retirement in 1946.[1]

Family

In 1917 he married Gwladwys Mabel Halahan (née Gwatkin-Williams).[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Auction.net
  2. ^ a b Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
  3. ^ "No. 27421". The London Gazette. 1 April 1902. p. 2235.
  4. ^ Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ HMS Tetcott
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland
1935–1937 		Succeeded by