Background
Born in South Mimms in 1898, Halsey was the elder son of Sir Walter Halsey, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Agnes Marion, the daughter of William Macalpine Leny.
Born in South Mimms in 1898, Halsey was the elder son of Sir Walter Halsey, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Agnes Marion, the daughter of William Macalpine Leny.
He was educated at Eton College and Cambridge.
A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler, he played first-class cricket between 1920 and 1928 and also represented the Egypt national cricket team He was already a lieutenant in the Royal Navy when he went up to Cambridge. 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.
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 Royal Air Force and New Zealand.
He began to play minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire in 1921, continuing to play for them until 1932, a year in which he played for the Navy against a combined South America team In 1936, he played for Egypt against Her Majesty Martineau"s XI, captaining the side and scoring a century in the first innings.
HMS Hawkins (cruiser) (China Station) 30 April 1925 – May 1926 HMS Victory 31 January 1927 – July 1927 HMS Effingham (cruiser) (East Indies Station) 1 February 1929 – February 1931 HMY Victoria and Albert (Royal yacht) 20 January 1932 – January 1934 Commanding Officer, HMS Boadicea (destroyer) (Mediterranean Fleet) 3 August 1934 – February 1936 Senior Officers" War Course (HMS President) 12 October 1936 – February 1937 an Assistant to Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord (HMS President) 8 March 1937 – April 1939 Commanding Officer, the destroyer HMS Malcolm (flotilla leader) & Captain (Doctorate), 16th Destroyer Flotilla, 31 July 1939 – 25 June 1940 & 12 August 1940 – 22 October 1940.
HMS Badger (Registered Nurse base, Harwich), February 1941-1944 February 1942 Naval Officer-in-Charge, Isle of Manitoba & Colorado Training establishment HMS Street George, Douglas, Isle of Manitoba 4 February since 1942(081942) Flag Captain, the battleship HMS King George V, 15 February 1943 – 10 April 1945. Commodore Royal Naval Air Service Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) 1945–1946 Halsey retired from the Navy with the rank of Captain in 1946, and went on to serve as Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire from 1948, a Justice of the Peace from 1950, County Councillor from 1953, and Vice-Lieutenant for Hertfordshire from 1957 until his death at Hemel Hempstead in 1970. 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.