Background
CHAMPNESS, H. Robert was born on June 18, 1852. Son of late Henry Champness, Admiralty timber inspector.
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H. Robert CHAMPNESS
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Education
Old Brompton, Kent; Chatham Dockyard School. School of Naval Architecture, South Kensington. Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Passed out Royal Navy College, 1874.
Chatham Dockyard until 1875, when ordered to Admiralty. Returning to Chatham, 1875.
Admiralty, 1877-1885. 2nd class Assistant Constructor, 1883, on establishment of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.
Overseer of Admiralty Shipbuilding at Barrow-in-Furness, 1885.
Portsmouth yard, 1886. 1st class Assistant Constructor at Portsmouth, 1887. Constructor, 1889.
Career
Chief Constructor, Malta, 1895. Chief Constructor, Devonport Dockyard, 1897-1902. Member of Council Institute of Naval Architects and Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.
Several times received thanks of Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
; Assistant Director of Naval Construction, Admiralty, since 1902.
Connections
Spouse 1880, Susan Augusta, daughter of late Charles Rowett Quiller and Mary Augusta Quiller of Chelsea.
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British