Sir

Morgan Singer
Born13 December 1864
Died27 April 1938 (1938-04-28) (aged 73)
Winchester, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldNorth America and West Indies Station
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Sir Morgan Singer, KCB, KCVO (13 December 1864 – 27 April 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.

Naval career

Singer joined the Royal Navy in 1877, and was promoted to lieutenant on 13 December 1885. During 1900 he was in command of HMS Flying Fish, followed by a command of HMS Spiteful.[1] In January 1903 he was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Prometheus,[2] serving with her in the Channel Fleet for a year. He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1903.[3] By 1908 he was captain of the cruiser HMS Roxburgh.[4]

He served in World War I and was appointed Director of Naval Ordnance in August 1914 taking responsibility for the Admiralty's entire supply of guns, torpedoes and mines.[5] He continued in that post until March 1917.[6] He was then second-in-command, North America and West Indies Station (to Vice-Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station), and Admiral Superintendent, Bermuda, with HMS Caesar) as his flagship.[7][8]

Promoted to vice-admiral in February 1919,[9] he became Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station the same month.[10] He was appointed KCB later that year,[11] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of Coastguards and Reserves in 1921.[12] He became a full Admiral in 1924.[9]

He died in Winchester in Hampshire in 1938.[5]

Family

In 1899 he married Emily Mary Desborough.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36340. London. 1 January 1901. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36969. London. 5 January 1903. p. 5.
  3. ^ "No. 27632". The London Gazette. 1 January 1904. p. 25.
  4. ^ Navy List 1908 Ship Q to T – Crew Lists World Naval Ships
  5. ^ a b "Obituary: Sir Morgan Singer". The New York Times. 29 April 1938.
  6. ^ The Crisis of the Naval War by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. Chapter 10
  7. ^ THE NAVY LIST, FOR JULY, 1918, Corrected to The 18th JUNE, 1918. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1 July 1918. p. 6. Flag Officers in commission
  8. ^ Preston, p. 7.
  9. ^ a b Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, KCB, KCVO Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904 – 1975
  10. ^ Naval Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 64, Issue 455 August 1919, pages 517 – 530
  11. ^ Honours List Edinburgh Gazette, 26 December 1919
  12. ^ Naval Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 66, Issue 463 August 1921, pages 530 – 541
  13. ^ Emily Mary Desborough Tudor 44
Military offices Preceded bySir William Grant Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station 1919 Succeeded bySir Trevylyan Napier
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