Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
William Henry Hall (20 April 1842 – 10 March 1895) was the first
Director of Naval Intelligence of the
Royal Navy.
Hall was thought of highly by
John A. Fisher, who had requested him to act as Commander in
HMS ''Inflexible'', which Fisher was to captain and which was under construction at the time. Hall had to decline the offer for private reasons. He was appointed to the Foreign Intelligence Committee in 1882, and became
Director of Naval Intelligence in 1887 when the Naval Intelligence Department was formed.
His son,
William Reginald Hall
Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall (28 June 1870 – 22 October 1943), known as Blinker Hall, was the British Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) from 1914 to 1919. Together with Sir Alfred Ewing he was responsible for the establishment ...
, also became Director of Naval intelligence in 1914.
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Royal Navy officers
1842 births
1895 deaths
Directors of Naval Intelligence
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