| 词条 | Peveril William-Powlett |
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|name= Sir Peveril William-Powlett |birth_date={{Birth date|1898|3|5|df=yes}} |death_date={{Death date and age|1985|11|10|1898|3|5|df=yes}} |birth_place=Abergavenny, Monmouthshire |death_place= Honiton, Devon |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears= 1914–1954 |rank= Admiral |commands=HMS Frobisher HMS Fiji HMS Newcastle South Atlantic Station |branch= Royal Navy |unit= |battles=World War I World War II |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order |laterwork= }}{{Infobox rugby biography |name = |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |height = |weight = |ru_position = Prop |ru_nationalteam = England |ru_nationalyears = 1922[1] |ru_nationalcaps = 1 |ru_nationalpoints = (0) |ru_ntupdate = |ru_proclubs = United Services Portsmouth }} Vice Admiral Sir Peveril Barton Reiby Wallop William-Powlett KCB KCMG CBE DSO (5 March 1898 – 10 November 1985) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station. Naval careerWilliam-Powlett attended Cordwalles School[2] and joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1914 and served in World War I specialising in signals.[3] A keen sportsman, he played rugby for England in 1922.[4] He saw service with the New Zealand Division from 1931 to 1936 and then commanded the cadet training ship HMS Frobisher in 1939.[3] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[5] He served in World War II as Director of Manning at the Admiralty and then commanded the cruiser HMS Fiji which was sunk during the Battle of Crete in 1941.[3] He was appointed Chief of Staff of Force H at Gibraltar in 1941 and then commanded HMS Newcastle from 1942.[3] He became Captain of the Fleet in the Home Fleet in 1944.[3] After the War he commanded the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then became Naval Secretary in 1948.[3] He went on to be Flag Officer (Destroyers) in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1950 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic in 1952.[3] He retired in 1954.[3] In retirement he served as Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1954 until 1959.[3] FamilyIn 1923, he married Helen Constance Crombie; they had three daughters.[6] Following the death of his first wife he married Barbara Patience William-Powett, widow of his brother, in 1966.[6] His second daughter, Helen, married Henry Bruce of Salloch, and was the mother of the royal commentator Alastair Bruce of Crionaich.[7] References1. ^Peveril William-Powlett profile at scrum.com {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Naval Secretary|before=Maurice Mansergh|after=William Davis|years=1948–1950}}2. ^{{cite web |title=WILLIAM-POWLETT, Vice-Admiral Sir Peveril (Barton Reibey Wallop) |work=Who Was Who |publisher=A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press |date=November 2012 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U170425 |accessdate=5 December 2012}} {{subscription required}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 4. ^ESPN Scrum 5. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | work= Evening Post | accessdate=2 July 2013 | page=4 }} 6. ^1 Unit Histories 7. ^{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editorlink=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1297-1298|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}} |-{{s-bef | before=Sir Herbert Packer}}{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station | years=1952–1954}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Ian Campbell}} |-{{s-gov}}{{succession box| before=Sir Robert Tredgold| title=Governor of Southern Rhodesia| years=1954-1959| after=Sir Humphrey Gibbs }}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:William-Powlett, Peveril}} 10 : 1898 births|1985 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|English rugby union players|England international rugby union players|High Sheriffs of Devon |
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