Evelyn Loch

Family/Spouse: Maj Gen Julian Steele. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Rear Adm Sir Alexander Henry Charles Gordon-Lennox, KCVO CB DSO on 12 Nov 1936. Alexander (son of Major General Bernard Charles Gordon-Lennox and Evelyn Loch) was born on 9 Apr 1911 in Scotland; died on 4 Jul 1987 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 1960

Notes:

Joined the Royal Navy in 1957 as a cadet at the Britannia R.N.College, Dartmouth. Promoted to Sub-Lieut. 1960 and saw service in H.M.S. Salisbury, H.M.Y. Britannia and later as the First Lieut. of H.M.S. Squirrel on fishery protection duties. After promotion to Lieut. he served in the first commission of H.M.S. Kent, before being appointed as A.D.C. to the unified Commander-In-Chief Far East in Singapore during the Indonesian Confrontation Campaign 1964-66. After returning to the UK, appointed as Operations and Navingating Officer of destroyer H.M.S. Cavalier and thence to H.M.S. Vernon to qualify as an anti-submarine warfare specialist.

1968-69 served in H.M.S. Tenby as an anti-submarine and Darmouth Cadet Training Officer. Promoted to Lieut. Commander 1970, just after arrival at Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, where he helped to specify the requirements for the Navy's future digital computer weapon systems, putting theory into practice in the first commission of H.M.S. Bristol as the anti-submarine officer.

1974-76 on staff of the Flag Officer, First Flotilla and promoted to Commander in 1976. Served in the Operational Requirements Directorate of the Naval Staff in the Ministry of Defence before being appointed in Command of H.M.S. Active in December 1978.

Interests: fishing, shooting, gardening, golf and cricket.

Michael married Jennifer Susan Gibbs, CVO [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susannah Coy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]