Anthony Hoskins

Anthony Hoskins
Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins
Born	1828 North Perrott, Somerset
Died	1901 Dorking, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1842 - 1893
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Beaver HMS Hecate HMS Plumper HMS Zebra HMS Eclipse HMS Sultan HMS Pearl HMS Wolverine Australia Station Mediterranean Fleet
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins GCB (1828–1901), was a British naval officer who was First Naval Lord from 1891 to 1893.

Naval career

Educated at Winchester College, Hoskins entered the Royal Navy in 1842. He took part in the Cape Frontier War of 1851 and the capture of Canton during the Second Opium War of 1857.

From 1860 to 1861 he served on the Pacific Station as captain of HMS Hecate and HMS Plumper. After commanding HMS Zebra in African waters, he commanded HMS Eclipse on the North American Station. In 1873 he became Captain of HMS Sultan in Channel waters. He went on to be Commodore of the Australian Station in 1875.

He was made a Junior Naval Lord in 1880, Second Naval Lord in 1885 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1889. From 1891, he became First Naval Lord. He retired in 1893.

He died at Pleystons Capel near Dorking and is buried at North Perrott.

Family

In 1865 he married Dorothea Ann Eliza Robinson; they had no children.

References

Military offices
Preceded by James Goodenough	Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station 1875–1878	Succeeded by John Wilson
Preceded by Sir John Commerell	Junior Naval Lord 1880–1882	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Richards
Preceded by Lord Alcester	Second Naval Lord 1885–1888	Succeeded by Sir Richard Hamilton
Preceded by The Duke of Edinburgh	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1889–1891	Succeeded by Sir George Tryon
Preceded by Sir Richard Hamilton	First Naval Lord 1891–1893	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Richards