Vice Admiral Sir Theodore John Hallett KBE CB (10 January 1878 – 16 December 1956) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Naval career

Hallett joined the

as a

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in 1894.Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
/ref> He was promoted to the rank of

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on 31 December 1899, and on 15 February 1900 was lent to for duty on voyage to

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, where he was appointed to serve in , recommissioned for the

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. He served in the

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as Commanding Officer of the

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s and , in the latter serving as Flag Captain of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron. He went on to be Naval Assistant to the

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in 1922, Captain of the Fleet for the

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in 1924The Purvis Family Tree
/ref> and Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1929. He was then appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King and retired in 1933. He was recalled during the

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to serve as a beachmaster for the

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in June 1940 and then became Commandant of the

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in October 1940. He later saw action as a member of the expeditionary force to

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in 1942.

Family

In 1908 he married Helen Blanche Dalkeyne; they had two children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hallett, Theodore 1878 births 1956 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy vice admirals Royal Navy personnel of World War I People from Stratford-on-Avon District Royal Navy personnel of World War II