Robert Lowry (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Robert Lowry
Born 4 March 1854
Died 29 May 1920
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service c.1872 - 1917
Rank Admiral
Commands held HMS Russell
Rosyth
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Robert Swinburne Lowry KCB (4 March 1854 – 29 May 1920) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth.

Naval career

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,[1] Lowry was made a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1875.[2] He became naval aide-de-camp to the King in 1905[1] and commanded the battleship HMS Russell in 1906[3] before becoming Rear Admiral Channel Fleet in April 1907 and President of the Royal Naval War College at Portsmouth in November 1907.[4] He was made Commander of the 5th Cruiser Squadron in November 1908, Commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in February 1909 and then Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth in July 1913,[4] serving in that role into World War I and until 1916.[5] He retired in 1917[6] to his home at Wickham Lodge at Wickham in Hampshire.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Robert Walford
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 24256. p. 4905. 19 October 1875. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
  3. ^ Fleet Organisation 1906
  4. ^ a b Senior Royal Navy Appointments
  5. ^ One hundered years of Admirals
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 30248. p. 8703. 19 August 1917. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
Military offices
Preceded by
New Post		 Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth
1913–1916		 Succeeded by
Sir Frederick Hamilton