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 ...

Sir Randolph Frank Ollive Foote, KCB, CMG (14 May 1853 – 28 November 1931) was a

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

officer. A gunnery and ordnance specialist, he held several senior appointments in ordnance administration during his career. The son of Captain John Foote, RN and the grandson of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward James Foote, Randolph Foote joined HMS ''Britannia'' as a cadet in April 1867. In 1897, he took part in the

Benin Expedition The Benin Expedition of 1897 was a punitive expedition by a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British force of 1,200 men under Harry Rawson, Sir Harry Rawson. It came in response to the ambush and slaughter of a 250-strong party led ...

as captain of HMS ''Forte'', and for his service he was mentioned in despatches and appointed a CMG. In 1916, he was appointed a temporary major in the British Army.{{Cite news , date=10 August 1916 , title=Admiral as Major , pages=8 , work=

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was found ...

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1853 births 1931 deaths Royal Navy admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Foote British Army personnel of World War I British military personnel of the Benin Expedition of 1897 19th-century Royal Navy personnel