Second son of Sir William Richmond, R.A.; Admiral Sir Herbert William Richmond, K.C.B., Royal Navy (1871 – 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
On 8 July 1907 he married Florence Elsa (d. 1971), second daughter of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, second baronet, of Rounton Grange, Yorkshire. They had one son and four daughters.
Having specialised as a torpedo officer, he was employed intermittently at the Admiralty between periods of sea-duty. An arrogant and abrasive man to naval colleagues with whom he disagreed, among Richmond's achievements can be counted his co-founding of the Naval Society and the publication of the Naval Review and becoming a noted naval historian while still on the Active List. After retiring from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, which position he held until his death.
Richmond was appointed C.B. in 1921 and promoted K.C.B. in 1926. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (F.B.A.) in 1937 and was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. On the establishment in 1934 of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich he was appointed one of the trustees. He received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1939. He was forced by illness to give up all strenuous physical activity after 1940. He died of a heart attack at his home, the master's lodge, Downing College, on 15 December, 1946, and was cremated at Cambridge on 18 December.
On 8 July 1907 he married Florence Elsa (d. 1971), second daughter of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, second baronet, of Rounton Grange, Yorkshire. They had one son and four daughters.
Having specialised as a torpedo officer, he was employed intermittently at the Admiralty between periods of sea-duty. An arrogant and abrasive man to naval colleagues with whom he disagreed, among Richmond's achievements can be counted his co-founding of the Naval Society and the publication of the Naval Review and becoming a noted naval historian while still on the Active List. After retiring from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, which position he held until his death.
Richmond was appointed C.B. in 1921 and promoted K.C.B. in 1926. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (F.B.A.) in 1937 and was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. On the establishment in 1934 of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich he was appointed one of the trustees. He received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1939. He was forced by illness to give up all strenuous physical activity after 1940. He died of a heart attack at his home, the master's lodge, Downing College, on 15 December, 1946, and was cremated at Cambridge on 18 December.
Second son of Sir William Richmond, R.A.; Admiral Sir Herbert William Richmond, K.C.B., Royal Navy (1871 – 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
On 8 July 1907 he married Florence Elsa (d. 1971), second daughter of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, second baronet, of Rounton Grange, Yorkshire. They had one son and four daughters.
Having specialised as a torpedo officer, he was employed intermittently at the Admiralty between periods of sea-duty. An arrogant and abrasive man to naval colleagues with whom he disagreed, among Richmond's achievements can be counted his co-founding of the Naval Society and the publication of the Naval Review and becoming a noted naval historian while still on the Active List. After retiring from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, which position he held until his death.
Richmond was appointed C.B. in 1921 and promoted K.C.B. in 1926. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (F.B.A.) in 1937 and was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. On the establishment in 1934 of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich he was appointed one of the trustees. He received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1939. He was forced by illness to give up all strenuous physical activity after 1940. He died of a heart attack at his home, the master's lodge, Downing College, on 15 December, 1946, and was cremated at Cambridge on 18 December.
On 8 July 1907 he married Florence Elsa (d. 1971), second daughter of Sir (Thomas) Hugh Bell, second baronet, of Rounton Grange, Yorkshire. They had one son and four daughters.
Having specialised as a torpedo officer, he was employed intermittently at the Admiralty between periods of sea-duty. An arrogant and abrasive man to naval colleagues with whom he disagreed, among Richmond's achievements can be counted his co-founding of the Naval Society and the publication of the Naval Review and becoming a noted naval historian while still on the Active List. After retiring from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge, and was then elected Master of Downing College, which position he held until his death.
Richmond was appointed C.B. in 1921 and promoted K.C.B. in 1926. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (F.B.A.) in 1937 and was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. On the establishment in 1934 of the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich he was appointed one of the trustees. He received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1939. He was forced by illness to give up all strenuous physical activity after 1940. He died of a heart attack at his home, the master's lodge, Downing College, on 15 December, 1946, and was cremated at Cambridge on 18 December.
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