Sir Jeremy de Halpert | |
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Born | Lancashire, England | 9 July 1947
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1966–2002 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held | Flag Officer Sea Training HMS Campbeltown HMS Apollo HMS Sheraton |
Battles/wars | Falklands War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Rear Admiral Sir Jeremy Michael de Halpert, KCVO, CB (born 9 July 1947)[1] is a former senior Royal Navy officer who served as Naval Secretary from 1998 until his retirement in 2002.
In retirement Sir Jeremy was appointed Deputy Master[2] before becoming Executive Chairman of the Corporation of Trinity House,[5] the charitable body responsible for running lighthouses and maintaining navigation buoys around the United Kingdom, as well as other maritime matters.[6]
De Halpert is Prime Warden-elect of the Shipwrights' Company for 2016–17,[7] supporting Lord Mayor The Lord Mountevans, the first Shipwright since Sir Frank Alexander was Lord Mayor of London (1944–45).[8]
Of Scottish descent,[9] de Halpert is married to Jane née Fattorini (now styled Lady de Halpert).[10]