Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr. (August 10, 1924 – May 6, 2011) was a

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rear admiral Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies. In most European navies, the equivalent rank is called counter admiral. Rear admiral is usually immediately senior to commodore and immediately below vice admiral. It is ...

and

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. Through his father,

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients in ...

co-founder Henry Sturgis Morgan Sr., he was a great-grandson of

J. P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ...

, founder of J.P. Morgan & Co.

Early life

Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr. was born August 10, 1924, in

Oyster Bay, New York The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three Administrative divisions of New York#Town, towns that make up Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, New York (state), New York, United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is ...

to Henry Sturgis Morgan Sr. (1900–1982) and Catherine Frances Lovering Adams (1902–1988), the daughter of Frances Lovering and

Charles Francis Adams III Charles Francis Adams III (August 2, 1866 – June 10, 1954) was an American lawyer and politician, who served as the 44th United States Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933. He was the captain of the '' Resolut ...

, the

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under

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, and a descendant of U.S. Presidents

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and

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. His younger brother was

John Adams Morgan John Adams Morgan (September 17, 1930 – January 23, 2025) was an American sailor, Olympic champion and the founder of Morgan Joseph. His father, Henry Sturgis Morgan, was the co-founder of Morgan Stanley and his great-grandfather was J. P. Mo ...

(b. 1930). Morgan graduated

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and

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class of 1946.

Career

Morgan joined the Navy in 1942 and was commissioned in 1944. Morgan commanded from June 29, 1957, to May 4, 1959; from May 25, 1966, to February 7, 1968; from February 3 to June 22, 1971; the

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beginning in December 1971 and was

Commander Naval Forces Korea The U.S. Naval Forces Korea is a major shore command of the United States Navy that serves as the shore support agency for all U.S. naval activity in South Korea. Known by the initials "CNFK", an abbreviation of the address format of the unit ( ...

from June 1972 to April 1975. Morgan received the

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. Morgan practiced maritime law as of counsel to the Admiralty practice group of the firm

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for twelve years, from 1978 to 1990.

Personal life

On March 28, 1945, he married Fanny Gray Little of

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. Before their divorce in 1972, they had four children: * Catherine Adams Morgan, who married Alec Mitchell Peltier in 1967. * Henry Sturgis Morgan III (b. 1948) * Polly Morgan, who married John M. Timken Jr. in 1979. * Joan Morgan, who married Peter Lincoln Folsom in 1973. His second wife was Jean Alexandra McCain (1934–2019), daughter of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981) and sister of U.S. Senator

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...

(1936–2018), and was married to her for 38 years until his death. He died in

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, on May 6, 2011, aged 86, and was buried at

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References

External links

Obituary of Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr.Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea
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