Henry Edward Horan
Rear-Admiral Henry Edward Horan, D.S.C., R.N. (12 August, 1890 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Horan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1911.[1]
Great War
Horan was appointed Lieutenant in Command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 29 on 14 December, 1914.[2]
Horan married on 27 November, 1916. The union would produce a daughter in 1918.
Horan was appointed in command of the destroyer Wessex on 31 August, 1918.[3]
Post-War
Horan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1919.[4]
Horan was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1924.[5]
Horan was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1930.[6]
In July, 1937, Horan was appointed in command of the battleship Barham.
Horan was loaned to the New Zealand Naval Forces on 22 April, 1938 as Chief of the Naval Staff and First Naval Member. Horan was given command of the light cruiser H.M.S. Leander on 1 January, 1940. When Leander left the New Zealand Station for detached service, Commodore Horan reverted to the rank of Captain and relinquished his roles as Chief of the Naval Staff and First Naval Member, and Commodore Commanding New Zealand Squadron on 1 May, 1940.
Horan Horan received a remarkably caustic evaluation from Rear Admiral Murray in the December 1940, in which Murray wrote that Horan "[h]andles ship well and is always on the bridge on alert. Cannot think coherently or develop or respond to an argument. I do not understand how he was selected for an I.D.C. course. One of the jovial type and a gross flatterer until curbed. This may have biassed me against him." This was matched with one from Rear-Admiral Leatham that read, "Captain Horan does not impress me favourably. He is conceited and "plays to the gallery" – not recommended for employment as a Flag Officer."[7]
Seemingly in reflection of this scathing appraisal, Horan was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1941 and was placed on the Retired List the following day.[8]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Geoffrey B. Smith |
Captain of H.M. T.B. 29 14 Dec, 1914[9] |
Succeeded by Maxwell A. C. Ritter |
| Preceded by Bryan F. Adams |
Captain of H.M.S. Archer 9 Oct, 1916[10] |
Succeeded by Basil A. Taylor |
| Preceded by Charles A. Fremantle |
Captain of H.M.S. Nereus 28 May, 1917[11] |
Succeeded by Frederick W. F. Fegen |
| Preceded by Aubrey T. Tillard |
Captain of H.M.S. Wessex 31 Aug, 1918[12] – Jul, 1920[13][14] |
Succeeded by Daniel H. Rainier |
| Preceded by Francis H. G. Walker |
Captain of H.M.S. Wolsey 10 Nov, 1922[15] |
Succeeded by John E. Phayre |
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. Whitehall 24 Mar, 1924[16] |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Norman A. Wodehouse |
Captain of H.M.S. Barham Jul, 1937[17] – 22 Apr, 1938[18] |
Succeeded by Algernon U. Willis |
Footnotes
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 400.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 942.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 366.
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Horan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/92/99. f. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 401.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392d.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395x.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 898.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1920). p. 898.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 845.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 289.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
