| 词条 | Horace Law |
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| name = Sir Horace Law | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1911|6|23}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2005|1|30|1911|6|23}} | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place =Dublin, Ireland | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = | rank = Admiral | unit = | commands = HMS Centaur Britannia Royal Naval College Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command | battles = World War II Korean War | awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Cross | relations = | laterwork = }} Admiral Sir Horace Rochfort Law {{postnominals|country=GBR|GCB|OBE|DSC}} (23 June 1911 – 30 January 2005) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command. Naval careerEducated at Sherborne School and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth,[1] Law joined the Royal Navy in 1929.[2] He became a Gunnery specialist in 1937. War serviceLaw served in World War II in the anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Cairo in 1939, the cruiser HMS Coventry in 1940 and the cruiser HMS Nigeria in 1942.[2] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his role in the British landings in Greece and the subsequent evacuations from Greece and Crete.[1] He served in the Korean War arranging naval gunfire support for the Korean Army.[1] Post-war serviceHe was appointed Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMS Duchess in 1951[1] and the carrier HMS Centaur in 1958[2] and then made Commander of the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1960.[2] He went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training in 1961, Flag Officer Submarines in 1963 and Controller of the Navy in 1965.[2] He was made Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command and Flag Officer, Portsmouth Area in 1970.[2] He was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to the Queen from 1970 to 1972.[2] He retired in 1972.[2] RetirementIn retirement he became Chairman of Hawthorn Leslie and Company[1] and was a member of Security Commission from 1973 to 1982.[2] In 1979 he was invited to deliver the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. He chose the subject "Belief and Discipline in a Free Society".[3] Personal lifeIn 1941 he married Heather Coryton: they went on to have two sons and two daughters.[1] Law was a resident of South Harting, West Sussex, where he was a lay preacher at the parish church; a room at the church is named after him.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Admiral Sir Horace Law The Times, 1 February 2005 {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Peter Gretton}}{{s-ttl|title=Flag Officer Sea Training|years=1961–1963}}{{s-aft|after=Patrick Bayly}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.iesis.org/macmillan.html |title=Hugh Miller Macmillan |work=Macmillan Memorial Lectures |publisher=Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004102303/http://www.iesis.org/macmillan.html |archivedate=2018-10-04 |accessdate=2019-01-29 }} 4. ^{{cite news|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2 February 2005|title=Obituary - Admiral Sir Horace Law|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1482540/Admiral-Sir-Horace-Law.html|accessdate=30 September 2014}} |-{{s-bef|before=Hugh Mackenzie}}{{s-ttl|title=Flag Officer Submarines|years=1963–1965}}{{s-aft|after=Ian McGeoch}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Michael Le Fanu}}{{s-ttl|title=Controller of the Navy|years=1965–1970}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Michael Pollock}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir John Frewen}}{{s-ttl|title=Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command|years=1970–1972}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Andrew Lewis}} |-{{s-hon}}{{s-bef | before=Sir John Frewen}}{{s-ttl | title=First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp | years=1970–1972}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Michael Pollock}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Horace}} 10 : 1911 births|2005 deaths|Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|People educated at Sherborne School|Royal Navy admirals|Royal Navy officers of World War II|Royal Navy personnel of the Korean War|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) |
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