Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Death or Admiral Hoskin. [ARTICLE]

Death or Admiral Hoskin.

Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins, G. C. 8., is dead at London, Eng. Admiral Hoskins had a distinguished career. He entered the navy in 1842 and was made an admiral in 1890, retiring 4n 1893. He eerved in- the -Kaffir war in 1852-'53, in China in 1858, in Egypt in 1882. He was commodore commanding the Australian station in 1875-’79, and was commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean station from 1889 to 1891. He served three times as a lord of the admiralty, from 1880 to 1882, from 1885 to 1889, and from 1891 to 1893.