Sir Morgan Singer, (13 December 1864 – 27 April 1938) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.
Naval career Singer joined the Royal Navy in 1877, and was promoted to lieutenant on 13 December 1885. During 1900 he was in command of , followed by a command of . In January 1903 he was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Prometheus, serving with her in the Channel Fleet for a year. He was promoted to captain on 31 December 1903. By 1908 he was captain of the cruiser .Navy List 1908 Ship Q to T – Crew Lists World Naval Ships
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. He continued in that post until March 1917.The Crisis of the Naval War by Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O. Chapter 10 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.
Promoted to vice-admiral in February 1919,Admiral Sir Morgan Singer, KCB, KCVO Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904 – 1975 he became Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station the same month.Naval Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 64, Issue 455 August 1919, pages 517 – 530 He was appointed KCB later that year,Honours List Edinburgh Gazette, 26 December 1919 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief of Coastguards and Reserves in 1921.Naval Notes, The RUSI Journal, Volume 66, Issue 463 August 1921, pages 530 – 541 He became a full Admiral in 1924.
He died in Winchester in Hampshire in 1938.
Family In 1899 he married Emily Mary Desborough.Emily Mary Desborough Tudor 44
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