Edgar Robert Morant

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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

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Edward H. Rymer
Captain of H.M.S. Quail
7 Mar, 1901[1] – 28 Feb, 1903
Succeeded by
John A. Gregory
Preceded by
Hector L. Watts-Jones
Captain of H.M.S. Speedy
3 Jan, 1905[2] – Jan, 1907[Inference]
Succeeded by
Charles E. W. Pyddoke
Preceded by
William F. Blunt
Captain of H.M.S. Cormorant
29 Nov, 1908[3] – 1910
Succeeded by
Charles T. Borrett
Preceded by
Charles J. Wintour
Captain of H.M.S. Exe
26 Jan, 1911[4]
Succeeded by
Alan M. Yeats-Brown
Preceded by
John F. Grant-Dalton
Captain of H.M.S. Canopus
21 May, 1912[5]
Succeeded by
Sydney S. Hall
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Biarritz
11 Mar, 1915[6]
Succeeded by
Richard H. O. Lane-Poole

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 296a.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 377.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 295.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 311.
  5. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
  6. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 400z.