Morgan Morgan-Giles
| Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 June 1914 |
| Died | 4 May 2013 (aged 98) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1933–1964 |
| Rank | Rear-Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Belfast Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Battles/wars | Cold War |
| Awards | |
Rear-Admiral Sir Morgan Charles Morgan-Giles DSO, OBE, GM, DL (19 June 1914 – 4 May 2013) was a Royal Navy officer, decorated during the Second World War, who later served as a Conservative Member of Parliament. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former member of the House of Commons.
The eldest son of Francis Charles Morgan-Giles OBE, Naval architect and yacht designer, and Ivy Constance Morgan-Giles (née Carus-Wilson), Morgan-Giles' childhood was spent idyllically "messing around with boats" at Teignmouth, where his father had his boatyard. The family lived across the river at Shaldon, necessitating a short row across the Teign River several times a day. Morgan-Giles said that he could "row before he could walk".
Morgan-Giles' first memory was of his father (on sick leave from the Royal Navy with petrol poisoning during the First World War) building a little dinghy for his young son. Due to the war, there was a shortage of good wood, and legend has it that FC Morgan Giles couldn't find quite what he wanted to finish her off. His 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. When the boat was completed (she was called Pip Emma and is now in the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth) the three-year-old Morgan was placed in her and launched out to sea. This started off his lifelong passion for boats and the sea.
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