Herbert King-Hall

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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.

Naval career[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Person Page". thepeerage.com.
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36897. London. 13 October 1902. p. 7.
  3. ^ a b c "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.
Military offices
Preceded by Assistant Director Naval Intelligence
(Foreign division)
1906–1908 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope Station
1913–1916 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Admiral Commanding, Orkneys and Shetlands
1918–1919 		Succeeded by
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