Sir Herbert King-Hall
Born15 March 1862
Died20 October 1936 (1936-10-21) (aged 74)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1875–1919
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Endymion
HMS Indomitable
Cape of Good Hope Station
Battles/warsAnglo-Egyptian War
Second Boer War
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Order

Admiral Sir Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, KCB, CVO, DSO (15 March 1862 – 20 October 1936) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station.

Born the son of Admiral Sir William King-Hall, Herbert King-Hall joined the Royal Navy in 1875.[1] He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War in 1882,[1] and later commanded the special service vessel HMS Hearty. Promoted to captain in 1900, he took part in the Second Boer War and was mentioned in despatches.[1] After the war ended in June 1902, King-Hall stayed in South Africa as Principal Transport Officer at Cape Town.[2] He was appointed in command of HMS Endymion in 1903.[3] King-Hall was appointed assistant director of Naval Intelligence in 1905[4] and was given command of HMS Indomitable in 1908.[3] Promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1909, he became Second-in-Command of the 2nd Battle Squadron[5] before being appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station in 1913 and serving in that role during World War I.[6] He led the operation to successfully destroy and then sink SMS Königsberg on the Rufiji River in Tanzania in July 1915.[7] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1916 New Year Honours. His last appointment was as Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands in 1918.[3]

RN Bramble class gunboat involved in the blockade of SMS Königsberg

Family

In 1905 he married Lady Mabel Emily Murray, daughter of Viscount Stormont (son of William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield).[1] His older brother was Admiral Sir George King-Hall, his nephew the naval officer, writer, politician and playwright Stephen King-Hall, his niece the novelist, journalist and children's fiction writer Magdalen King-Hall.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36897. London. 13 October 1902. p. 7.
  3. 1 2 3 "6924-CAREER OF HERBERT KING-HALL - King Hall Connections". sites.google.com.
  4. ↑ Naval and Military Intelligence, The Times, 9 March 1905
  5. ↑ HMS Orion, Portsmouth 1912 Maritime Prints
  6. ↑ Simonstown Historical Society Archived 4 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ "Great War Riverine Actions (Part 3 – Big Game Hunting in German East Africa) By Simon Stokes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  8. ↑ King-Hall, Stephen. My Naval Life. Faber & Faber, 1952, p 15ff.
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