Morgan Singer Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sir
Morgan Singer
Birth Date:13 December 1864
Death Place:Winchester, Hampshire
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Rank:Admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Commands:North America and West Indies Station
Battles:World War I
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Sir Morgan Singer, (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, followed by a command of .[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. By 1908 he was captain of the cruiser .[3]

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.[4] He continued in that post until March 1917.[5] 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.[6] [7]

Promoted to vice-admiral in February 1919,[8] he became Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station the same month.[9] He was appointed KCB later that year,[10] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of Coastguards and Reserves in 1921.[11] He became a full Admiral in 1924.[8]

He died in Winchester in Hampshire in 1938.[4]

Family

In 1899 he married Emily Mary Desborough.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Naval & Military intelligence. 1 January 1901 . 12 . 36340.
  2. Naval & Military intelligence . 5 January 1903 . 5 . 36969.
  3. http://www.worldnavalships.com/navy_list_1908_ship_q_to_t.htm Navy List 1908 Ship Q to T – Crew Lists
  4. Web site: Obituary: Sir Morgan Singer . The New York Times . 29 April 1938.
  5. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10409/10409-h/10409-h.htm 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
  6. Book: . 1918-07-01 . THE NAVY LIST, FOR JULY, 1918, Corrected to The 18th JUNE, 1918. . London . His Majesty's Stationery Office . 6 . Flag Officers in commission.
  7. Book: Preston, Antony . Great Britain and Empire Forces . 7 . Gardiner . Robert . Gray . Randal . 1985 . Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 . Naval Institute Press . Annapolis . 978-0-87021-907-8 .
  8. http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=411 Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, KCB, KCVO
  9. Naval Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 64, Issue 455 August 1919, pages 517 – 530
  10. http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/13543/pages/4128/page.pdf Honours List
  11. Naval Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 66, Issue 463 August 1921, pages 530 – 541
  12. http://www.william1.co.uk/t44.htm Emily Mary Desborough