Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Thomas Halsey
country = England
fullname = Thomas Edgar Halsey
dayofbirth = 28
monthofbirth = 11
yearofbirth = 1898
placeofbirth = South Mimms, Hertfordshire
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 30
monthofdeath = 8
yearofdeath = 1970
placeofdeath = Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm fast
role = Batsman
club1 = Royal Navy
year1 = 1920-1928
club2 = Cambridge University
year2 = 1920
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 20 May
debutyear1 = 1920
debutfor1 = Royal Navy
debutagainst1 = Cambridge University
lastdate1 = 25 August
lastyear1 = 1928
lastfor1 = Royal Navy
lastagainst1 = Royal Air Force
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 12
runs1 = 685
bat avg1 = 38.05
100s/50s1 = 1/4
top score1 = 102*
deliveries1 = 565
wickets1 = 7
bowl avg1 = 55.42
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 2/78
catches/stumpings1 = 5/0
date = 7 June
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/29909.html CricketArchive

Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet DSO (28 November 1898–30 August 1970) was an English cricketer, [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/14481.html Cricinfo profile] ] naval officer (1916–1946), and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/14481.html Cricinfo profile] ]

A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1920 and 1928 [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/29909.html CricketArchive profile] ] and also represented the Egypt national cricket team. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/all_teams.html Teams played for by Thomas Halsey] at CricketArchive]

Early life

Born in South Mimms in 1898, Halsey was the elder son of Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Agnes Marion, the daughter of William Macalpine Leny." [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/7357933 HALSEY, Captain Sir Thomas Edgar] " in Who Was Who 1897-2007 online, accessed 8 June, 2008.] He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He was already a lieutenant in the Royal Navy when he went up to Cambridge.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1971, [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228452.html Obituaries] ]

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. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Thomas Halsey] at CricketArchive]

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.

He began to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1921, continuing to play for them until 1932, 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, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Thomas Halsey] at CricketArchive] captaining the side and scoring a century in the first innings. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/136/136117.html Scorecard] of Egypt v HM Martineau's XI, 23 April 1936 at CricketArchive] [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29909/all_teams.html Teams played for by Thomas Halsey] at CricketArchive]

Naval officer

Infobox Military Person
name= Captain Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey


caption=
born= 28 Nov 1898
died= 30 Aug 1970
placeofbirth= South Mimms, Herts
placeofdeath= Hemel Hempstead, Herts
nickname=
allegiance= United Kingdom
branch= Royal Navy
serviceyears= 1916–1946
rank= Captain
unit=
commands= 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= World War I, World War II, Dunkirk
awards= Naval GSM; DSO; 39-45, Atlantic, and Europe stars; Defence & War medals; Mentioned in Despatches
relations=
laterwork= DL 1948, JP 1950, CC 1953, and Vice-Lieut. Herts. 1957–1970

*HMS "Hawkins" (cruiser) (China Station) 30 Apr 1925 – May 1926 [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersH.html unithistories.com (Halsey)] ]
*HMS "Victory" 31 Jan 1927 – Jul 1927
*HMS "Effingham" (cruiser) (East Indies Station) 01 Feb 1929 – Feb 1931
*HMY "Victoria and Albert" (Royal yacht) 20 Jan 1932 – Jan 1934
*Commanding Officer, HMS "Boadicea" (destroyer) (Mediterranean Fleet) 03 Aug 1934 – Feb 1936
*Senior Officers' War Course (HMS "President") 12 Oct 1936 – Feb 1937
*an Assistant to Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord (HMS "President") 8 Mar 1937 – Apr 1939
*Commanding Officer, the destroyer HMS "Malcolm" (flotilla leader) & Captain (D), 16th Destroyer Flotilla, 31 Jul 1939 – 25 Jun 1940 [ [http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4285.html uboat.net - HMS Malcolm (D19)] ] & 12 Aug 1940–22 Oct 1940.
*HMS "Badger" (RN base, Harwich), Feb 1941–4 Feb 1942
*Naval Officer-in-Charge, Isle of Man & CO Training establishment HMS "St George", Douglas, Isle of Man 4 Feb 1942–(08.1942) [ [http://www.unithistories.com/units_british/RN_WApproaches.html unithistories.com] ]
*Flag Captain, the battleship HMS "King George V", 15 Feb 1943–10 Apr 1945. [ [http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4070.html uboat.net - HMS King George V (41)] ]
*Commodore RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS "Daedalus") 1945–1946

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". [ LondonGazette|issue=34867|supp=yes|startpage=3500|date=7 June 1940]

County officer

Halsey retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain in 1946, 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.

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 4^th Baronet) and two daughters. [http://4dw.net/royalark/Malaysia/sarawak4.htm Royal Ark] ]

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

ee also

Halsey Baronets

References