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