James Weatherall

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Sir James Weatherall

KCVO KBE
Birth nameJames Lamb Weatherall
Born(1936-02-29)29 February 1936
Died18 March 2018(2018-03-18) (aged 82)[1]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service1954–1991
RankVice-Admiral
Commands held
Battles/warsFalklands War
Awards
  • Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Vice-Admiral Sir James Lamb Weatherall KCVO KBE (28 February 1936 – 18 March 2018) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps from 1992 to 2001.

Naval career[]

Educated at Gordonstoun School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Weatherall joined the Royal Navy in 1954.[2] He was given command of the frigate HMS Andromeda in 1982, serving with her in the Falklands War, and took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in 1985.[2] He joined the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1987 and then became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1989 before retiring in 1991.[2]

In retirement he became Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps[2] and a Trustee of the UK arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature.[3] Weatherall also served as Warden of Box Hill School, a public school in Mickleham, near Dorking in Surrey, England.[4]

Weatherall was knighted KBE in the 1989 Birthday Honours[5] and appointed KCVO in the 2001 New Year Honours.[6]

Family[]

In 1962 Weatherall married Hon. Jean Stewart Macpherson, daughter of Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn; they had two sons and three daughters.[7] She died on 15 December 2021.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ The Telegraph death announcement, 23 March 2018
  2. ^ a b c d Debrett's People of Today 1994
  3. ^ "World Wide Fund for Nature UK Trustees" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Old Boxhillians". 1 November 2016.
  5. ^ "No. 51772". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1989. p. 4.
  6. ^ "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 3.
  7. ^ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th Edition. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage. p. 3773.
  8. ^ "Births, Marriages and Deaths". The Times. No. 73663. London. 24 December 2021. col 5, p. 53.

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Military offices
Preceded by Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
1989–1991 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps
1992–2001 		Succeeded by
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