| George Hayley Hewett CIE ADC RN | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | George Hayley Hewett |
| Born | 12 November 1855 |
| Died | 7 October 1930 (aged 74) |
| Place of birth | Catsfield, East Sussex |
| Place of death | Alverstoke, Hampshire |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands held | Director of the Royal Indian Marine |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Zulu War |
| Awards | Order of the Star of India |
| Relations | John Hewett (father) |
George Hayley Hewett CIE ADC RN (12 November 1855 – 7 October 1930) was a British Admiral in the Royal Indian Navy who rose to become Director of the Royal Indian Marines, ADC to the Viceroy of India.[1][2] Hewett was also the brother of the Colonial Administrator and Member of Parliament, Sir John Prescott Hewett.
Early life[]
Hewett was born in Catsfield, Sussex, the son of Rev. John Hewett, then curate of Battle, East Sussex and later Vicar of Babbacombe, and his wife, Anna Louisa Lyster Hammon, daughter of Capt. William Hammon of the East India Company Navy, and the younger brother of Sir John Prescott Hewett.[3] He went to prep school in Lancing, West Sussex and entered the Royal Navy 1869.[4]
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Following his entry into the Navy in 1869, Hewett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 December 1879 whilst serving in the Anglo-Zulu War for which he received the Zulu War Medal.[5][3] He was aboard the HMS Bonetta for the Jubilee Manoeuvres in the summer of 1887.[4] In 1889 he was appointed commander of the HMS Pigmy where he served until 1893 at which point he was appointed Captain of the gunboat HMS Magpie.[6] He was then promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June 1893.[7] He commanded the torpedo cruiser HMS Racoon on the East Indies Station from 1897 through 1899, when he was promoted to the rank of Captain.[4] As a captain, he commanded the coast defence Breastwork monitor HMS Magdala, which was then at Bombay.[4] In 1904 he was appointed Director of the Royal Indian Marine a position in which he served until 1908 at which point he retired as a Rear Admiral and was appointed Commander of the Order of the Star of India.[8][9]
Family[]
On 11 March 1895 Hewett married Elanthea Leonora Grant, daughter of Charles Coote Grant of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, a descendant of Sir Charles Coote.[3][10] Hewett and Grant had one daughter together, Genevieve Felicia Hewett.
Elanthea died in 1914, however Hewett lived another 16 years, dying on 7 October 1930 in Alverstoke, Hampshire.
References[]
- ↑ "Officers of the Royal Indian Marine". The Navy List: July 1908. HM Government, UK. July 1908. pp. 439.
- ↑ "No. 28151". 23 June 1908. pp. 4641–4648. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28151/supplement/4641
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Hewett, Rear-Adm. George Hayley". Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U211175.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "George Hayley Hewett". http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/George_Hayley_Hewett.
- ↑ Hewett, George Hayley. "Admiralty, 21th December, 1879". The London Gazette. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24797/page/2.
- ↑ "The Navy List". April 1891. p. 243.
- ↑ "Admiralty, 29th December, 1899". The London Gazette. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27150/page/3.
- ↑ "Officers of the Royal Indian Marine". The Navy List: July 1908. HM Government, UK. July 1908. pp. 439.
- ↑ "Admiralty 6th November, 1908". The London Gazette. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28193/page/8028.
- ↑ "Coote Family Tree". https://nickreddan.net/trees/coote.pdf.
External links[]
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