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| Robert Hall R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of Captain Sir Robert Hall RN, commander of the naval squadron on the Great Lakes |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1817 | | Born (Kingston, Upper Canada) |
| June 1869 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) |
| 11 June 1882 | | Died (London) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 27 May 1833 | Entered Navy |
| 28 November 1843 | Lieutenant |
| 6 September 1852 | Commander |
| 24 June 1855 | Captain |
| 30 April 1873 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
| 21 March 1878 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 19 November 1845 | 1848 | Lieutenant in Grampus, commanded by Henry Byam Martin, Pacific |
| 27 September 1852 | | Commander (2ic) in Agamemnon, commanded by Thomas Maitland, Sheerness |
| 18 August 1853 | | Commander in Stromboli, Baltic, then Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War |
| May 1855 | June 1855 | Acting Captain in Gladiator, Sea of Azov during Russian War |
| 24 June 1855 | 21 April 1857 | Captain in Miranda (until paying off at Sheerness), Mediterranean (and Black Sea during the Russian War, senior officer in the Strait of Kertch) |
| 27 January 1859 | 9 January 1863 | Captain in Termagant (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then (August 1859) Pacific |
| 27 April 1863 | 20 March 1866 | Private secretary to Duke of Somerset, First Lord of the Admiralty |
| 21 March 1866 | 22 March 1871 | Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard |
| 9 February 1871 | 4 May 1872 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Third Lord) |
| 8 May 1872 | 8 May 1882 | Naval Secretary of the Admiralty (until office was abolished) |
| 15 May 1882 | 11 June 1882 | Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty (died in office) |