David Dobson

Dobson was educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and, after joining the Royal Navy, became Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Amazon in 1975.[1] A naval aviator, he became naval and air attaché in Athens in 1979 and Senior Naval Officer on the Falkland Islands in 1982.[1] He went on to be Captain of the destroyer HMS Southampton in 1983 and then Captain of the Fleet and, following his promotion to rear admiral, became Naval Secretary in 1988.[1] His last appointment was as Chief of Staff for the Allied Naval Force Southern Europe in the rank of vice admiral in 1991.[1] He retired in 1991 and was President of the Union Jack Club.[2]

In 1962 he married Joanna Mary Counter; they have two sons and one daughter.[1]