David Dobson

Sir David Dobson
Born	4 December 1938
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	HMS Amazon HMS Southampton
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Vice Admiral Sir David Stuart Dobson KBE (born 4 December 1938) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.

Naval career

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Dobson 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]

Family

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

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