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St John Tyrwhitt

Royal Navy Admiral (1905–1961)

Summary

Royal Navy Admiral (1905–1961)

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Admiral
name	Sir St John Tyrwhitt
honorific_suffix
birth_date
death_date
death_place	Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, London
allegiance	United Kingdom
branch	Royal Navy
serviceyears	1919–1961
rank	Admiral
commands	Second Sea Lord

battles	Second World War
Korean War
awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Cross & Bar
relations	Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet (father)
Dame Mary Tyrwhitt (sister)

Korean War Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross & Bar Dame Mary Tyrwhitt (sister) Admiral Sir St John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, (18 April 1905 – 10 October 1961) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1959 to 1961.

Naval career

Born the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt and Angela Mary Corbally, Tyrwhitt joined the Royal Navy in 1919. He served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the destroyer from 1939 and then as Commander of the destroyer from 1940 until it was sunk by Italian bombers 30 nautical miles off Crete in 1941. He was given command of the destroyer from 1942.

After inheriting his father's baronetcy in 1951, Tyrwhitt assumed command of the cruiser during the Korean War then became Flag Officer (Flotillas) to the Indian Navy in 1956, and chief of staff to the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1958. After promotion to vice-admiral on 3 November 1958, he was appointed Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1959.

Family

In 1944, Tyrwhitt married Nancy Veronica Gilbey; they had two sons and a daughter.

References

Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/TYRWHITT1.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
[http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4453.html U-Boat.net]
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[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Galleries/History/Fore/Historic-40.jpg.html Bharat Rakshak]
{{London Gazette. (25 November 1958)
(November 1961). "Admiral dies a month after leaving office of Second Sea Lord". [[Navy News]].

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