Terence Lewin, Baron Lewin

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Admiral of the Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin KG GCB LVO DSC RN (1920-1999) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy.

Having entered the Navy in 1939 he served with distinction being mentioned in dispatches three times and being awarded the DSC. Post war he rose rapidly through the ranks and was eventually appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff . He was Chief of the Defence Staff and member of the War Cabinet during the Falklands War and it was for this role and also his longer term contribution to the restructuring of the Armed Forces in the 1980s that he was created a life peer, as Baron Lewin, of Greenwich in Greater London, and appointed a Knight of the Garter. He has been called one of the greatest military leaders of the late 20th century. He retired from service in late 1982 and went on to Chair the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London. He was educated at The Judd School in Tonbridge, Kent. He died at home in January 1999.

For further reading see his biography, Lewin of Greenwich, by Rear-Adm Richard Hill.

Military Offices
Preceded by Sir Edward Ashmore	First Sea Lord 1977–1979	Succeeded by Sir Henry Leach
Preceded by Sir Neil Cameron	Chief of the Defence Staff 1979–1982	Succeeded by Sir Edwin Bramall