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Captain (retired) Edgar Robert Morant, D.S.O., R.N. (6 June, 1874 – 16 March, 1931) served in the Royal Navy.

Morant was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1896.

Morant was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1906.

Morant was granted the acting rank of Captain on 31 December, 1915.

Morant was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 25 May, 1922.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Edward H. Rymer	Captain of H.M.S. Quail 7 Mar, 1901^[1] – 28 Feb, 1903	Succeeded by John A. Gregory
Preceded by Benjamin J. Blower	Captain of H.M.S. Sharpshooter 21 Jul, 1903^[2] – 18 Aug, 1903	Succeeded by Wyndham Forbes
Preceded by Harold G. Grenfell	Captain of H.M.S. Curlew 1 Jul, 1904 – late 1904	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Hector L. Watts-Jones	Captain of H.M.S. Speedy 3 Jan, 1905^[3] – 8 Jan, 1907	Succeeded by Charles E. W. Pyddoke
Preceded by William F. Blunt	Captain of H.M.S. Cormorant 29 Nov, 1908^[4] – 8 Dec, 1910	Succeeded by Charles T. Borrett
Preceded by Charles J. Wintour	Captain of H.M.S. Exe 26 Jan, 1911^[5] – 21 May, 1912	Succeeded by Alan M. Yeats-Brown
Preceded by John F. Grant-Dalton	Captain of H.M.S. Canopus 21 May, 1912^[6]^[7] – 30 Apr, 1914	Succeeded by Philip J. Stopford
Preceded by Arthur G. Warren	Captain of H.M.S. Iphigenia 30 Apr, 1914 – 11 Mar, 1915	Succeeded by Thomas W. Kemp
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Biarritz 11 Mar, 1915^[8] – 14 Aug, 1918	Succeeded by Richard H. O. Lane-Poole
Preceded by Walter R. G. Petre	Captain of H.M.S. Angora 9 Sep, 1915 – 13 Sep, 1915	Succeeded by Horace W. Longden

↑ The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 296a.
↑ "APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 16, 1903; pg. 8; Issue 37134.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 377.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 295.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 311.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 291.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 6, 1912, Issue 39891, p.15.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 400z.

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