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Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst, GCB, ADC (born 1936) is a Royal Navy officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord during the early 1990s. He usually goes by his middle name and is known as Benjamin Bathurst.[1] 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Bathurst is the son of Peter Bathurst and his wife Lady Elizabeth Ann (née Temple-Gore-Langton). His grandfather Benjamin Bathurst, Member of Parliament for Cirencester, was the third son of Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst. He joined the Royal Navy in 1953 serving with the Fleet Air Arm as a helicopter pilot. He soon qualified as an instructor, followed by Senior Pilot and went on to take command of his squadron. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ...
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Promoted Captain in 1974, Bathurst took command of a Leander class frigate, HMS Ariadne. Two years later he became Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord at the Ministry of Defence. In 1978 he took command of HMS Minerva and was Captain 5th Frigate Squadron until 1980. The following year, Bathurst attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in London and was appointed Director of Naval Air Warfare in the Ministry of Defence. Captain is a nautical term, an organizational title, and a rank in various uniformed organizations. ...
The Leander class, informally known as the Type 12M, comprising twenty-six frigates, was arguably the most successful and popular class of frigates in the Royal Navys modern history. ...
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Bathurst was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1983, serving as Flag Officer Second Flotilla until taking up the appointment of Director General Naval Manpower and Training. He was made Vice Admiral in 1986 and then Admiral in 1989. He served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet which also carried the NATO appointment of Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic (CINCEASTLANT), which reported to SACLANT. The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ...
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He became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1991 and two years later became Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord. Bathurst was promoted Admiral of the Fleet on his retirement in 1995. He was appointed to the office of Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Somerset in 1996 and became Vice Lord Lieutenant in 1999. Chief of the Naval Staff is the professional head of the Royal Navy and is more commonly known as the First Sea Lord. ...
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Bathurst is the cousin of the present 8th Earl Bathurst and in distant remainder to this titlee. Earl Bathust can also refer to 5051 Earl Bathurst, a Castle class locomotive. ...
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald, GCB RN (born 1933) is a British naval officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord from 1989 to 1993. ...
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Footnotes - ^ thePeerage.com - nil and others "Admiral Sir David Benjamin Bathurst usually went by his middle name of Benjamin." cites Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 215. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
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