Anthony Hoskins

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Anthony Hoskins
1828 – 1901
Image:Hileyhoskins.jpg Admiral Sir Anthony Hoskins
Allegiance	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Service/branch	Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service	1842 - 1893
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet
Awards	GCB

Admiral Anthony Hiley Hoskins GCB (1828-1901), was a British naval officer who was First Sea Lord from 1891 to 1893.

Hoskins entered the Royal Navy in 1842. From 1860 to 1861 he served in South America as commander of HMS Hecate. After serving in African waters and in the Far East, he commanded the HMS Eclipse on the North American station. Hoskins was senior officer of the Bahamas Division until late in 1870, when he was transferred to the Barbados Division. He was made a lord commissioner of the admiralty in 1880 and was Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1889. From 1891, he became First Sea Lord.

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Preceded by Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton	First Sea Lord 1891—1893	Succeeded by Sir Frederick Richards

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