George Hope (Royal Navy officer)


Sir George Price Webley Hope, was a Royal Navy officer who went on to become Deputy First Sea Lord during World War I.

Naval career

Hope joined the Royal Navy. He was promoted to commander on 30 June 1900. In July 1902 he was appointed in command of the light cruiser, which served in the Mediterranean Fleet.
Promoted to Captain in 1905, he was given command of in March 1909, in March 1910, in April 1913, in July 1914 and in October 1914.
Hope served in the First World War. He was appointed Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron, as well as Aide-de-Camp to King George V, in 1915, Director of the Operations Division at the Admiralty in 1916 and Deputy First Sea Lord in 1918.
He was present at the signing of the Armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918. After the War, he was promoted to vice-admiral on 26 November 1920, and became Commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron. From 1923 he was President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. He served as Chairman of the Society for Nautical Research and its President.

Family

In 1899, he married Arabella Phillippa Sams.