Edgar Robert Morant

Captain (retired) Edgar Robert Morant, D.S.O., R.N. (6 June, 1874 – 16 March, 1931) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Morant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1896.

Morant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1906.

Morant was granted the acting rank of Captain on 31 December, 1915.

Post-War

Morant was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 25 May, 1922.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Edward H. Rymer	Captain of H.M.S. Quail 7 Mar, 1901 – 28 Feb, 1903	Succeeded by John A. Gregory
Preceded by Benjamin J. Blower	Captain of H.M.S. Sharpshooter 21 Jul, 1903 – 18 Aug, 1903	Succeeded by Wyndham Forbes
Preceded by Harold G. Grenfell	Captain of H.M.S. Curlew 1 Jul, 1904 – late 1904	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Hector L. Watts-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. Speedy 3 Jan, 1905 – 8 Jan, 1907	Succeeded by Charles E. W. Pyddoke
Preceded by William F. Blunt	Captain of H.M.S. Cormorant 29 Nov, 1908 – 8 Dec, 1910	Succeeded by Charles T. Borrett
Preceded by Charles J. Wintour	Captain of H.M.S. Exe 26 Jan, 1911 – 21 May, 1912	Succeeded by Alan M. Yeats-Brown
Preceded by John F. Grant-Dalton	Captain of H.M.S. Canopus 21 May, 1912 – 30 Apr, 1914	Succeeded by Philip J. Stopford
Preceded by Arthur G. Warren	Captain of H.M.S. Iphigenia 30 Apr, 1914 – 11 Mar, 1915	Succeeded by Thomas W. Kemp
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Biarritz 11 Mar, 1915 – 14 Aug, 1918	Succeeded by Richard H. O. Lane-Poole
Preceded by Walter R. G. Petre	Captain of H.M.S. Angora 9 Sep, 1915 – 13 Sep, 1915	Succeeded by Horace W. Longden