Admiral Sir Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard, KCB, CMG was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.
22 Facts About Vernon Haggard
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Vernon Haggard was the nephew of prolific author Sir Henry Rider Haggard, who achieved literary fame with his romances King Solomon's Mines and She: A History of Adventure.
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Vernon Haggard was the brother of diplomat Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, who served as British Consul General at New York City during World War II.
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On 14 May 1894, Acting Sub-Lieutenant Vernon Haggard was promoted to sub-lieutenant.
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Vernon Haggard took part in the Benin Expedition to Nigeria in 1897.
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Commander Vernon Haggard received the Insignia of Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy in 1912.
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Vernon Haggard commanded HMS Blenheim that year, and both HMS Good Hope and HMS Vulcan in 1913.
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Captain Vernon Haggard was put in command of the Seventh Submarine Flotilla in 1913.
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Vernon Haggard served throughout World War I, commanding HMS Hibernia in 1915 and later the cadet training vessel HMS Highflyer.
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Vernon Haggard was appointed Director of Training and Staff Duties at the Admiralty in 1921 and was promoted to rear admiral two years later.
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On 1 January 1925, Vernon Haggard became a Companion of the Order of the Bath and that year was appointed Chief of the Submarine Service.
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Vernon Haggard was promoted from rear admiral to vice admiral and became Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1928.
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Vernon Haggard went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station in 1930.
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Vernon Haggard became a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 3 June 1931.
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Vernon Haggard was promoted from vice admiral to admiral the following year, effective 20 October 1932.
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In 1905, Vernon Haggard married Dorothy Booker Ellis, the daughter of Richard Adam Ellis and his wife Emma Eliza Booker Ellis, of Stock in Essex.
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Vernon Haggard wrote the foreword to Hudson Strode's The Story of Bermuda, the first of the author's travel books.
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Vernon Haggard died on 30 January 1960 at 90 Crowstone Road in Southend, Essex.
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Vernon Haggard was interred at All Saints Churchyard in Stock.
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Vernon Haggard's estate went to probate on 21 March 1960.
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Lady Vernon Haggard died the following year, on 2 January 1961, at Chelmsford and Essex Hospital in Essex.
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The National Portrait Gallery in London has a portrait of Admiral Vernon Haggard that was obtained by photographer Walter Stoneman in 1930.