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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| George Digby Morant R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Eldest son of George Morant (1814-1874) of the Grenadier Guards | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 8 August 1837 | Born (Dublin) | ||
| 18 September 1866 | Married at Kingston-on-Thames, Sophia Georgiana (1847-1911), youngest daughter of George William Eyres (1801-1865), Lieutenant Colonel of the Grenadier Guards | ||
| 9 November 1901 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 13 February 1921 | Died (London) | ||
Wikipedia | |||
| Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant (1864-1902), an Anglo-Australian drover, horseman, poet, soldier and convicted war criminal, claimed to be his illegitimate son | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 25 May 1801 | Retired Admiral | ||
| 1850 | Entered Navy | ||
| 15 May 1858 | Lieutenant | ||
| 6 February 1866 | Commander | ||
| 13 February 1873 | Captain | ||
| 1 January 1889 | Rear Admiral | ||
| 20 June 1895 | Vice Admiral | ||
| 13 March 1901 | Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 21 January 1859 | Additional Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by William King Hall, flagship of Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, East Indies and China | ||
| 9 August 1859 | Lieutenant in Highflyer, commanded by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, East Indies and China | ||
| 11 July 1862 | Lieutenant in Edgar, commanded by Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sidney Colpoys Dacres, Mediterranean | ||
| 8 March 1864 | Lieutenant in Blenheim, commanded by Thomas Henry Mason, Coast Guard, Pembroke | ||
| 23 November 1864 | Lieutenant and commander in Grasshopper, China | ||
| 11 April 1870 | 30 August 1871 | Commander in Enterprise (until paying off at Sheerness), Mediterranean | |
| 16 February 1872 | 13 February 1873 | Commander in Cockatrice, Mediterranean, and on the River Danube | |
| 1873 | October 1878 | Inspector of Irish Lights | |
| 10 October 1878 | 7 October 1882 | Captain in Valorous, particular service | |
| (1883) | 1884 | Captain in Achilles, Channel squadron | |
| 14 February 1884 | 1887 | Commodore in Victor Emanuel, Commodore-in-Charge of dockyard and naval establishments, Hong Kong | |
| 22 January 1887 | 7 January 1889 | Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard | |
| January 1890 | 1892 | Supervisor of fitting of ships built by contract under the Naval Defence Act, 1889 | |
| 25 January 1892 | 2 September 1895 | Superintendent of Chatham dockyard | |
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