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Thomas Halsey
Personal details
Born (1898-11-28)28 November 1898
South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Died 30 August 1970(1970-08-30) (aged 71)
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England

Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet DSO (28 November 1898 – 30 August 1970) was an English cricketer,[1] naval officer (1916–1946), and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[1]

A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1920 and 1928[2] and also represented the Egypt national cricket team.[3]

Early life[]

Born in South Mimms in 1898, Halsey was the elder son of Sir Walter Halsey, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Agnes Marion, the daughter of William Macalpine Leny.[4] He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He was already a lieutenant in the Royal Navy when he went up to Cambridge.[5]

Cricketer[]

Halsey was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler.

He played cricket for Eton in 1915 and 1916, but it was for the Royal Navy cricket team that he made his first-class debut, playing against his university side during the 1920 English cricket season.[6]

He played twice for the university cricket team in 1920, but did not gain his blue. The rest of his first-class matches were all for the Royal Navy, mostly against the British Army cricket team, though there were also matches against the RAF and New Zealand.[6]

He began to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1921, continuing to play for them until 1932,[3] a year in which he played for the Navy against a combined South America team. In 1936, he played for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI,[7] captaining the side and scoring a century in the first innings.[3][8]

Naval officer[]

Captain Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey
Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet
Thomas Halsey (right)
Born 28 Nov 1898
Died 30 (aged 1–2) Aug 1970
Place of birth South Mimms, Herts
Place of death Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1916–1946
Rank Captain
Commands held HMS Boadicea, HMS Malcolm, HMS Badger (RN base, Harwich), Naval Officer-in-Charge, Isle of Man, HMS King George V, RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)
Battles/wars World War I, World War II, Dunkirk
Awards Naval GSM;[9] DSO; 39–45, Atlantic, and Europe stars; Defence & War medals; Mentioned in Despatches[10]
Other work DL 1948, JP 1950, CC 1953, and Vice-Lieut. Herts. 1957–1970

He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 7 June 1940 "for good services in the withdrawal of the Allied Armies from the beaches at Dunkirk".[14]

County officer[]

Halsey retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain in 1946,[2][5] and went on to serve as Deputy Lieutenant for Herts from 1948, a JP from 1950, County Councillor from 1953, and Vice-Lieutenant for Herts from 1957 until his death at Hemel Hempstead in 1970.[9][10]

Marriage and children[]

Halsey married Jean Margaret Palmer, daughter of Bertram Brooke, onetime Tuan Muda of Sarawak, and through him, granddaughter of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Brooke. They had one son (the 4th Baronet) and two daughters.[9]

At the time of his death, Halsey's address was given in Who's Who as The Golden Parsonage, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.[4]

See also[]

  • Halsey Baronets

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Cricinfo profile". Content-uk.cricinfo.com. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/14481.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "CricketArchive profile". Cricketarchive.co.uk. 30 August 1970. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/29909.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Teams played for by Thomas Halsey at CricketArchive
  4. 4.0 4.1 HALSEY, Captain Sir Thomas Edgar in Who Was Who 1897–2007 online, accessed 8 June 2008.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1971, Obituaries
  6. 6.0 6.1 First-class matches played by Thomas Halsey at CricketArchive
  7. Other matches played by Thomas Halsey at CricketArchive
  8. Scorecard of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI, 23 April 1936 at CricketArchive
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Royal Ark". 4dw.net. http://4dw.net/royalark/Malaysia/sarawak4.htm. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 J.N. Houterman. "(Halsey)". unithistories.com. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersH.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  11. "– HMS Malcolm (D19)". Uboat.net. http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4285.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  12. J.N. Houterman. "unithistories.com". unithistories.com. http://www.unithistories.com/units_british/RN_WApproaches.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  13. "– HMS King George V (41)". Uboat.net. 20 January 1958. http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4070.html. Retrieved 8 November 2011. 
  14. "No. 34867". 7 June 1940. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34867/page/ 
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Walter Halsey
Baronet
(of Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire)
2 Sep 1950 – 30 Aug 1970
Succeeded by
John Halsey
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