St John Tyrwhitt

Admiral Sir St. John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet, KCB, DSO, DSC & Bar (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.

For other people of this surname, see Tyrwhitt.

Sir St. John Tyrwhitt, Bt
Born(1905-04-18)18 April 1905
Died10 October 1961(1961-10-10) (aged 56)
Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, London
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1919–1961
RankAdmiral
Commands heldSecond Sea Lord
HMS Newcastle
HMS Tartar
HMS Juno
HMS Defender
Battles/warsSecond World War
Korean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Cross & Bar
RelationsSir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet (father)
Dame Mary Tyrwhitt (sister)

Born the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt and Angela Mary Corbally,[1] Tyrwhitt joined the Royal Navy in 1919.[2] He served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMS Defender from 1939 and then as Commander of the destroyer HMS Juno from 1940 until it was sunk by Italian bombers 30 nautical miles off Crete in 1941.[3] He was given command of the destroyer HMS Tartar from 1942.[2]

After inheriting his father's baronetcy in 1951,[4] Tyrwhitt assumed command of the cruiser HMS Newcastle during the Korean War then became Flag Officer (Flotillas) to the Indian Navy in 1956,[5] Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1958 and Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1959.[2] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1961 New Year Honours and was promoted to full Admiral on 9 September 1961.[6] He died at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, London, shortly after leaving office, on 10 October 1961, aged 56.[7]

Family

In 1944, Tyrwhitt married Nancy Veronica Gilbey; they had two sons and a daughter.[1]

References
  1. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. U-Boat.net
  4. Leigh Rayment
  5. Bharat Rakshak
  6. "Neptune's Scrapbook: Vice Admiral Sir St. John Tyrwhitt, Bt., K.C.B., D.S.O., D.S.C and Bar". Navy News. October 1961. p. 7. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. "Admiral dies a month after leaving office of Second Sea Lord". Navy News. November 1961. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
Military offices
Preceded by
F A Ballance		 Flag Officer (Flotilla) Indian Fleet
1955–1956		 Succeeded by
Ram Dass Katari
Preceded by
Sir Deric Holland-Martin		 Second Sea Lord
1959–1961		 Succeeded by
Sir Royston Wright
Preceded by
F A Ballance		 Flag Officer Commanding (Flotillas) Indian Fleet
1955–1956		 Succeeded by
Ram Dass Katari
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt		 Baronet
(of Terschelling and of Oxford)
1951–1961		 Succeeded by
Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt
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