Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt

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Admiral SIR Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt, G.B.E., K.C.B., R.N. (11 April, 1892 – 19 December, 1959) served in the Royal Navy.

In April 1913, he altered his last name to Harcourt Morris. In May 1920, he altered it back to Harcourt.

Life & Career

Harcourt Morris was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1913.[1]

Post-War

Harcourt was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1921.[2]

Harcourt was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1926. When he was superseded in command of Vidette in January 1927, he spent six weeks on unpaid hiatus and was then sent to a month-long minesweeping course at Vernon. From mid-March he was lent ("as convenient") to the minesweeper Leamington and appointed for two years to the Admiralty Operation Division, vice Morgan.[3]

In mid-May 1929 he was appointed to the heavy cruiser Shropshire to assist in her completion, to serve in her upon her commissioning for service. He left the ship in mid-June, 1931. Captain R. W. Oldham wrote such a fulsome evaluation for his executive officer that Rear-Admiral Henley felt compelled to amend it to say he felt that "exceptional" was too superlative a word.[4]

Harcourt was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1933.[5]

In 1935, Harcourt was nominated to succeed Austen Gerald Lilley for loan to the Royal Australian Navy.[6]

World War II

Harcourt was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 28 July, 1942.[7]

Harcourt was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 February, 1946.[8]

Harcourt was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 June, 1949.[9]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ralph G. H. Izat
Captain of H.M.S. Wivern
Apr, 1922[10]c. 27 Jun, 1925
Succeeded by
Philip H. Calderon
Preceded by
Richard Harter
Captain of H.M.S. Vidette
29 Dec, 1925[11] – 5 Jan, 1927[12]
Succeeded by
Arthur V. Hemming
Preceded by
Hamilton E. Snepp
Captain of H.M.S. Wessex
31 Dec, 1931[13][14] – 1933
Succeeded by
Rory C. O'Conor
Preceded by
Russell H. McBean
Captain of H.M.S. Pangbourne
1 Jul, 1935[15] – 31 Aug, 1935[16]
Succeeded by
George H. Faulkner
Preceded by
Austen G. Lilley
Captain of H.M.A.S. Stuart
16 Oct, 1935[17]
Succeeded by
Hector Macd. L. Waller
Preceded by
Irving M. Palmer
Deputy Director of Operations Division
16 Sep, 1938[18] – 29 Aug, 1939[19]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Percy L. H. Noble
Director of Operations Division
29 Aug, 1939[20] – 11 Jan, 1941[21]
Succeeded by
John A. S. Eccles
Preceded by
Percy L. H. Noble
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron
4 Oct, 1942[22] – 25 Nov, 1942[23]
Succeeded by
Robert L. Burnett
Preceded by
W. Frederic Wake-Walker
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Twelfth Cruiser Squadron
25 Nov, 1942[24] – 28 May, 1943[25]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Arthur J. Power
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron
28 May, 1943[26] – 27 Jan, 1944[27]
Succeeded by
John M. Mansfield
Preceded by
Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1944 – 1945
Succeeded by
Claud B. Barry
Preceded by
Sir Arthur J. Power
Second Sea Lord
Mar, 1948 – 1950
Succeeded by
Sir Alexander C. G. Madden
Preceded by
Sir Henry R. Moore
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1950 – 1952
Succeeded by
Sir Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant

Footnotes

  1. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  2. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  3. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  4. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  5. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  6. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  7. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  8. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  9. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  10. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 290.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 282a.
  12. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  13. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 291.
  15. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  16. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  17. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
  18. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  19. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  20. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  21. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  22. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  23. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  24. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  25. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  26. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
  27. Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.