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'''Royston Hollis Wright''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{AdmRN}} {{SIR}} '''Royston Hollis Wright''', G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. (29 September, 1908 – 18 July, 1977) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Revision as of 14:20, 11 February 2021

Admiral SIR Royston Hollis Wright, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O. (29 September, 1908 – 18 July, 1977) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Ralph C. Medley
Captain of H.M.S. Beagle
1 May, 1939 – Feb, 1941
Succeeded by
Richard T. White
Preceded by
John E. H. McBeath
Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport
Dec, 1954[1] – Jan, 1956[2]
Succeeded by
Charles E. Keys
Preceded by
Sir St. John R. J. Tyrwhitt
Second Sea Lord
1961 – 1965
Succeeded by
Sir Desmond P. Dreyer

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.