Robert Hall (Royal Navy officer)

Vice-Admiral Robert Hall, CB (c. 1817 – 11 June 1882) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Third Lord and Controller of the Navy.

He was the natural son of Sir Robert Hall (1778-1818), a naval officer,  and Miss Mary Ann Edwards.

[2] Promoted to captain in 1855, he commanded HMS Gladiator in the Sea of Azov and HMS Miranda in the Black Sea during the Crimean War.

[2] He was appointed Private Secretary to the Duke of Somerset (First Lord of the Admiralty) in 1863, Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard in 1866[3] and Third Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1871.

[2] Hall was laid to rest in the secular cemetery of Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicestershire.