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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''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]].


Harvey changed his name by Royal License to '''Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper''' in 1906.
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.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>


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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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Harvey was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 18 April, 1905.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
 
Spencer-Cooper was promoted to {{LCommRN}} on 18 April, 1913.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
 
Spencer-Cooper was promoted to {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1916.<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
 
From 24 January 1918 to 29 April, 1919, Spencer-Cooper was termporarily appointed a Naval Assistant to the [[Deputy First Sea Lord]].<ref>Spencer-Cooper Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/194.|}} f. 598.</ref>
 
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>
 
==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  On 3 October, Captain (retired) [[Charles Thomas Alexander Bunbury]] superseded him.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.
 
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==
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 7 April 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]

From 24 January 1918 to 29 April, 1919, Spencer-Cooper was termporarily appointed a Naval Assistant to the Deputy First Sea Lord.[6]

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.[7]

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.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John P. R. Marriott 		Naval Assistant to Deputy First Sea Lord
24 Jan, 1918[9] – 29 Apr, 1919[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Arthur C. Strutt 		Captain of H.M.S. Constance
c. 20 Sep, 1920[11] – 18 Oct, 1920[12] 		Succeeded by
James D. Campbell

 

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.
  8. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  9. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  10. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  11. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.
  12. ↑ Spencer-Cooper Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/194. f. 598.

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