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Peter Buchanan (Royal Navy officer)

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Allegiance
  
Died
  
November 23, 2011

Commands held
  
Rank
  
Vice admiral

Name
  
Peter Buchanan

Service/branch
  
Role
  
Royal Navy officer


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Awards
  
Order of the British Empire

Books
  
Masonic Gags and Gavels, Ronald Wolfe's and Ronald Chesney's 'The Rag Trade', Under the Doctor

Vice Admiral Sir Peter William Buchanan KBE (14 May 1925 – 23 November 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.

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Early life

Born in Midhurst, West Sussex, he was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Buchanan and Gwendolen Isobel (née Hunt). He was educated at Malvern College.

Buchanan was given command of HMS Endurance in 1968. He proved that the route now known as the Buchanan Passage can be used to reach Marguerite Bay from the North. He became Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord in 1970 and, having been promoted to Rear Admiral, became Naval Secretary in 1976. Following promotion to Vice Admiral, he was appointed Chief of Staff, Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe in 1979. He retired in 1982.

In 1996 he became Master of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London.

References

Peter Buchanan (Royal Navy officer) Wikipedia


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