Sir Thomas Halsey, 3rd Baronet

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Thomas Halsey
England
Personal information
Full name Thomas Edgar Halsey
Born 28 November 1898(1898-11-28)
South Mimms, Hertfordshire, England
Died 30 August 1970 (aged 71)
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Role Batsman
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Domestic team information
Years Team
1920-1928 Royal Navy
1920 Cambridge University
First-class debut 20 May 1920: Royal Navy v Cambridge University
Last First-class 25 August 1928: Royal Navy v Royal Air Force
Career statistics
First-class
Matches 12
Runs scored 685
Batting average 38.05
100s/50s 1/4
Top score 102*
Balls bowled 565
Wickets 7
Bowling average 55.42
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/78
Catches/stumpings 5/0

As of 7 June 2008
Source: CricketArchive

Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey, 3rd Baronet DSO (28 November 189830 August 1970) was an English cricketer,[1] naval officer (19161946), and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[2]

A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1920 and 1928[3] and also represented the Egypt national cricket team.[4]

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[edit] 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.[5] He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge. He was already a lieutenant in the Royal Navy when he went up to Cambridge.[6]

[edit] 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.[7]

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.[7]

He began to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1921, continuing to play for them until 1932,[4] 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,[8] captaining the side and scoring a century in the first innings.[9][4]

[edit] Naval officer

Captain Sir Thomas Edgar Halsey
28 Nov 189830 Aug 1970
Place of birth South Mimms, Herts
Place of death Hemel Hempstead, Herts
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 19161946
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[10]; DSO; 39-45, Atlantic, and Europe stars; Defence & War medals; Mentioned in Despatches[11]
Other work DL 1948, JP 1950, CC 1953, and Vice-Lieut. Herts. 19571970

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".[15]

[edit] County officer

Halsey retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain in 1946,[6][3] 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.[10][11]

[edit] 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.[10]

At the time of his death, Halsey's address was given in in Who's Who as The Golden Parsonage, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.[5]

[edit] See also

Halsey Baronets

[edit] References

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Walter Johnston Halsey, 2nd Baronet
Halsey of Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire
2 Sep 195030 Aug 1970
Succeeded by
Sir John Walter Brooke Halsey, 4th Baronet