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{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper''', born '''Henry Edmund Harvey''', M.V.O., Royal Navy (18 January, 1884 – 18 July, 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
 
{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper''', born '''Henry Edmund Harvey''', M.V.O., Royal Navy (18 January, 1884 – 18 July, 1968) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
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Harvey changed his name by Royal License to '''Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper''' in 1906.
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Harvey changed his name by Royal License to '''Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper''' in December 1906.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Harvey entered {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}} with the highest marks of the sixty-six cadets of the September, 1898 intake term.
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Born at Aldershot, the son of retired Colonel E. Lacon Harvey of the British Army.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
  
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Harvey was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 18 April, 1905.
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Harvey entered {{UK-1Britannia|f=p}} with the highest marks of the sixty-six cadets of the [[:Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of September, 1898|September, 1898 intake term]].<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 10, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 35591.</ref>
  
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Spencer-Cooper was promoted to {{LCommRN}} on 18 April, 1913.
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Harvey was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 18 April, 1905.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
  
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Spencer-Cooper was promoted to {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.
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Spencer-Cooper was promoted to {{LCommRN}} on 18 April, 1913.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
  
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Spencer-Cooper was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 July, 1922 and promoted to {{CaptRN}} (retired) on 18 January, 1929.
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Spencer-Cooper was promoted to {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
  
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Spencer-Cooper was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 July, 1922 and promoted to {{CaptRN}} (retired) on 18 January, 1929.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
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==World War II==
 
Spencer-Cooper was appointed in command of the armed merchant cruiser [[H.M.S. Dunnottar Castle (1936)|''Dunnottar Castle'']] on 2 September, 1939.  On 3 October, Captain (retired) [[Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury]] superseded him.  On 25 October, however, Spencer-Cooper was again placed in command until Bunbury replaced him for the second time on 5 December.
 
Spencer-Cooper was appointed in command of the armed merchant cruiser [[H.M.S. Dunnottar Castle (1936)|''Dunnottar Castle'']] on 2 September, 1939.  On 3 October, Captain (retired) [[Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury]] superseded him.  On 25 October, however, Spencer-Cooper was again placed in command until Bunbury replaced him for the second time on 5 December.
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Suffering from arthritis and perhaps other ailments, Spencer-Cooper reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 2 July, 1946.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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Revision as of 08:28, 27 March 2022

Captain (retired) Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper, born Henry Edmund Harvey, M.V.O., Royal Navy (18 January, 1884 – 18 July, 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Harvey changed his name by Royal License to Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper in December 1906.

Life & Career

Born at Aldershot, the son of retired Colonel E. Lacon Harvey of the British Army.[1]

Harvey entered H.M.S. Britannia with the highest marks of the sixty-six cadets of the September, 1898 intake term.[2]

Harvey was promoted to Lieutenant on 18 April, 1905.[3]

Spencer-Cooper was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander on 18 April, 1913.[4]

Spencer-Cooper was promoted to Commander on 30 June, 1916.[5]

Spencer-Cooper was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 15 July, 1922 and promoted to Captain (retired) on 18 January, 1929.[6]

World War II

Spencer-Cooper was appointed in command of the armed merchant cruiser Dunnottar Castle on 2 September, 1939. On 3 October, Captain (retired) Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury superseded him. On 25 October, however, Spencer-Cooper was again placed in command until Bunbury replaced him for the second time on 5 December.

Suffering from arthritis and perhaps other ailments, Spencer-Cooper reverted to the Retired List as medically unfit on 2 July, 1946.[7]

See Also

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 10, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 35591.
  3. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  4. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  5. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  6. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  7. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.

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