Vintage Parallel Rule for Navigation by W. H. Harling Vice Admiral Hughes Halle
A beautiful fifteen inch, boxwood & lacquered brass, parallel rule for navigational use by W H Harling, 47 Finsbury, London. The makers were at this address in the early 1900s. It has a fine, fitted mahogany box. Owned by Vice Admiral Sir Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett with a brass nameplate attached to one end. This item was given to us by the daughter of Admiral Hughes-Hallett. Sir Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett. Born on 6 April 1898, Charles Hughes-Hallett was educated at Bedford School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, the Royal Naval College, Osborne and at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was present at the Battle of the Dardanelles and at the Battle of Jutland. After distinguished service during the Second World War he was appointed as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet between 1950 and 1951. He was appointed as Head of British Naval Mission, Washington between 1952 and 1954. The brother of Vice Admiral John Hughes-Hallett CB DSO, Vice Admiral Charles Hughes-Hallett died on 2 December 1985. Please check back often – We are listing items as quickly as possible.