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Encyclopedia > Anthony Hoskins

Anthony Hiley Hoskins (1828-1901), was a British naval officer who was First Sea Lord from 1891 to 1893. The First Sea Lord is the professional head of the British Royal Navy. ...


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Hoskins entered the Royal Navy in 1842. From 1860 to 1861 he served in South America as commander of HMS Hecate. After serving in African waters and in the Far East, he commanded the HMS Eclipse on the North American station. Hoskins was senior officer of the Bahamas Division until late in 1870, when he was transferred to the Barbados Division. He was made a lord commissioner of the admiralty in 1880 and was commander in chief in the Mediterranean in 1889. From 1891, he became First Sea Lord. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... As is usual with the Royal Navy, the name HMS Eclipse has been given to many ships. ...


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