Hugh Tothill

{{Infobox military person

|name=Sir Hugh Tothill

|image=Rear-admiral Hugh Henry Darby Tothill, Cb - 1918 Art.IWMART1774.jpg

|caption=1918 portrait by Francis Dodd

|birth_date={{birth-date|14 March 1865}}

|death_date={{death-date and age|25 September 1927|14 March 1865}}

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|allegiance={{UK}}

|branch={{Navy|United Kingdom}}

|rank=Admiral

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|commands= {{HMS|Illustrious|1896|6}}
{{HMS|Lancaster|1902|6}}
{{HMS|Conqueror|1911|6}}
East Indies Station

|battles=World War I

|awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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Admiral Sir Hugh Henry Darby Tothill, {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB|KCMG|KCVO|sep=,}} (14 March 1865 – 25 September 1927) was a Royal Navy officer who served as captain in World War I and went on to become commander-in-chief of East Indies Station following his promotion to admiral.

Naval career

Tothill was promoted to lieutenant in 1888,{{London Gazette|issue=25772|page=15|date=3 January 1888}} commander on 31 December 1900,{{London Gazette |issue=27263 |date=4 January 1901 |page=82 }} and subsequently to captain in 1906.[http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=392 Sir Hugh Henry Darby Tothill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203324/http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=392 |date=3 March 2016 }} Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 He was in command of the training brig HMS Nautilus from 20 January 1898 until 31 December 1900. In March 1900 he re-commissioned the brig at Devonport with a complement of boys for the annual training cruise.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & military Intelligence |date=17 March 1900 |page=14 |issue=36092}} After promotion to commander, he was in January 1901 posted to the armoured cruiser HMS Australia, serving in home waters.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=10 January 1901 |page=8 |issue=36348}}

Having received command of {{HMS|Illustrious|1896|6}} by 1908[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/navy_list_1908_ship_h_to_l.htm Navy List 1908] and {{HMS|Lancaster|1902|6}} by 1911,[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbye/ftweb/00census1911/census1911a_012.htm 1911 Census Results] he served in World War I, commanding {{HMS|Conqueror|1911|6}} at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[http://www.gwpda.org/naval/jut03lst.htm Battle of Jutland – Royal Navy Ships and Commanding Officers]

He was appointed Fourth Sea Lord in 1917[https://www.fotw.info/flags/gb-raf2.html Royal Air Force flag: timeline for introduction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206053341/https://www.fotw.info/flags/gb-raf2.html |date=6 December 2010 }} and served as Commander-in-chief at East Indies Station from 1919 to 1921[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3011C-N%2FY3011K Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection] Janus before becoming Admiral Commanding the Reserves in 1923.Naval and Military, The Times, 24 July 1923 He retired from military service in 1926[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19261231.2.33&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0-- Service Notes] Evening Post, 1926 and died in 1927.Obituary: Admiral Sir Hugh Tothill, The Times, 27 September 1927

References

External links

[http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Hugh_Henry_Darby_Tothill Hugh Henry Darby Tothill at The Dreadnought Project]

{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station | before=Sir Ernest Gaunt | after=Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker|years=1921–1923}}

Category:1865 births

Category:1927 deaths

Category:Royal Navy admirals of World War I

Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath

Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Category:Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Category:Lords of the Admiralty

Category:19th-century Royal Navy personnel