Morgan Singer

Singer joined the Royal Navy in 1877, and was promoted to lieutenant on 13 December 1885. During 1900 he was in command of HMS Flying Fish, followed by a command of HMS Spiteful.^[1] In January 1903 he was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Prometheus,^[2] serving with her in the Channel Fleet for a year. He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1903.^[3] By 1908 he was captain of the cruiser HMS Roxburgh.^[4]

He served in World War I and was appointed Director of Naval Ordnance in August 1914 taking responsibility for the Admiralty's entire supply of guns, torpedoes and mines.^[5] He continued in that post until March 1917.^[6] He was then second-in-command, North America and West Indies Station (to Vice-Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station), and Admiral Superintendent, Bermuda, with HMS Caesar) as his flagship.^[7][8]

Promoted to vice-admiral in February 1919,^[9] he became Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station the same month.^[10] He was appointed KCB later that year,^[11] and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of Coastguards and Reserves in 1921.^[12] He became a full Admiral in 1924.^[9]

He died in Winchester in Hampshire in 1938.^[5]

In 1899 he married Emily Mary Desborough.^[13]