Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in many navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force. Admiral is ranked above vice admiral and below admiral of ...

Herbert Willes Webley Hope (26 May 1878 – 26 April 1968) was a

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officer. During the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, he served in

Room 40 Room 40, also known as 40 O.B. (old building; officially part of NID25), was the cryptanalysis section of the British Admiralty during the First World War. The group, which was formed in October 1914, began when Rear-Admiral Henry Oliver, the ...

, the Admiralty's cryptoanalysis section, from 1914 to 1917, eventually becoming its ''de facto'' head. A member of the

Hope family Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 23 October 1902 for John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun. The current holder of the title is Adrian Hope. Thi ...

, Hope was the son of Rear-Admiral Charles Webley-Hope, the grandson of Rear-Admiral Charles Hope, and the great-grandson of

Charles Hope, Lord Granton Charles Hope, Lord Granton, FRSE (29 June 1763 – 30 October 1851), was a Scottish politician and judge. Life Hope was born on 29 June 1763, the eldest son of Mary Breton, the only daughter of Eliab Breton of Forty Hill, Enfield (a granddaugh ...

. Admiral Sir George Price Webley Hope,

Deputy First Sea Lord The Deputy First Sea Lord (D.F.S.L.) was a senior Royal Navy flag officer on the Board of Admiralty of the Royal Navy. History Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord on 6 September 1 ...

during the First World War, was his brother. During the

, Hope served in the Admiralty's

from 1914 to review and interpret intercepted messages, eventually becoming its ''de facto'' head. Longing for a sea command, in 1917 he was appointed captain of the light cruiser HMS ''Dartmouth'' in the Adriatic, and was replaced by Commander

William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist. The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States, he is considered to be one of the leading thinkers of the late 19th c ...

. In 1920, he commanded the ''Dartmouth'' on a naval voyage which visited

South Georgia South Georgia is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It lies around east of the Falkland Islands. ...

and

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and which chartered

Cumberland Bay Cumberland Bay is a bay, wide at its entrance between Larsen Point and Barff Point, which separates into two extensive arms, Cumberland West Bay and Cumberland East Bay, which recede inland along the northern coast of South Georgia. It w ...

and Shag Rocks.{{Cite book , last=Headland , first=Robert K. , title=Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events , publisher=

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, year=1989 , location=Cambridge , pages=266 In South Georgia he defeated a riot by striking whalers at Grytviken who threatened to attack

King Edward Point King Edward Point (also known as KEP) is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. It is situated in Cumber ...

. He also surveyed

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, whose entrance point, Hope Point, was named after him. Promoted vice-admiral on 1 April 1931, he retired the following day. He was promoted to admiral on the retired list on 1 January 1936. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Hope was recalled for service to the

Government Code and Cypher School The Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) was a British signals intelligence agency set up in 1919. During the First World War, the British Army and Royal Navy had separate signals intelligence agencies, MI1b and NID25 (initially known as R ...

's naval section.

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