 George Digby Morant

Admiral Sir George Digby Morant (8 August 1837 – 13 February 1921) was an admiral in the British Royal Navy.Morant was born in Ireland 8 August 1837 - there also being record of his baptism in the Parish of Farnborough, Hampshire on 20 January 1838, with parents George and Lydia Morant - the elder son of George Morant, of Shirley House, Carrickmacross, and Lydia Hemphill, daughter of John Hemphill, of Rathkeany, Co. Tipperary.