13 Facts About Morgan Morgan-Giles

Morgan Morgan-Giles's wife came home one day to find the best table in the house had mysteriously vanished but the little boat had a new mahogany transom.

Morgan Morgan-Giles's father built a succession of sailing boats for Morgan, and his brothers and sister, to race, which they did with great success at regattas up and down the coast of Devon and Cornwall.

Morgan Morgan-Giles was nevertheless able to climb onto an American Liberty ship, SS Lyman Abbott that was blocking the harbour exit.

The prime minister agreed, over-ruled the Second Sea Lord, and Morgan Morgan-Giles joined Fitzroy in Cairo, and was promoted to Acting Lieutenant-Commander.

From 1945 to 1948 Morgan-Giles served in Ceylon, Cape Town, England, and Trieste.

Morgan Morgan-Giles became Captain of the Dartmouth Training Squadron in 1957, then moved to HMS Vernon Torpedo School in 1958.

Morgan Morgan-Giles was promoted to rear admiral in 1963, the same year he became President of Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Morgan Morgan-Giles left the Royal Navy in January 1964 to stand for Parliament.

Morgan Morgan-Giles is known to have regarded being an MP as a retirement occupation.

Morgan Morgan-Giles had farming interests in Hampshire and New South Wales.

Morgan Morgan-Giles received the George Medal in 1941, was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1944 and advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1944, and was awarded a Distinguished Service Order in 1945.

Morgan Morgan-Giles was awarded the Order of the Partisan Star by Josip Broz Tito.

Morgan Morgan-Giles married secondly in 1968 Marigold Katherine Steel, daughter of Dr Percy Lowe OBE, a British scientist, and his wife the former Dorothy Mead-Waldo.