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Son of Rear Admiral John Salwey Hallifax and Charlotte Annie Hallifax; husband of Madeleine Hallifax, of Cape Town. He served in the Royal Navy from 1899 to 1935, and ended his RN career on the staff of the last British governor-general of South Africa, the Earl of Clarendon. He stayed in South Africa in retirement, and on the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he was recruited by the South African government to organise a navy, which was named the Seaward Defence Force. He joined HMS Britannia in 1899, and in WWI served as first lieutenant and torpedo lieutenant on board H.M.S. Ajax. After being attached to the Inter-allied Commission in Berlin he served in H.M.S. Valiant, Home Fleet, from 1921 to 1923. He then attended various disarmarmament meetings at Geneva and was promoted captain in 1924. Two years later he commanded the cruiser HMS Carlisle, of the China Squadron, remaining there until 1928. He was later appointed naval attache in Paris and also served in that capacity in Madrid, Brussels and The Hague. He returned to active naval duties when he was appointed in command of HMS Malaya from 1932 to 1934. In 1935 he became Director of the Signal Division of the Admiralty, and was promoted Rear-Admiral, retired, in the same year. Career Summary: Confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant 15 July 1903. Sub-Lieutenant to Lieutenant 15 January 1905. Commander to Captain 30 June 1924. Captain to Rear-Admiral 3 October 1935. Placed on the Retired List 4 October 1935