Cecil Vivian Usborne

Vice-Admiral Cecil Vivian Usborne (17 May 1880 - 31 January 1951) was a high ranking officer in the British Royal Navy. He served as the Director of Naval Intelligence and retired Vice-Admiral^[1] and later a Member of Parliament.^[2]

He was brought back into the Navy during the Second World War as Naval Adviser to the First Sea Lord to develop anti-U-boat weapons. As his assistant he employed Edward Terrell who had developed Plastic Armour.

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Captain of Tactical School, Portsmouth

References

^ Ships "Vice-Admiral Cecil Vivian Usborne". http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Cecil_Vivian_Usborne=Fighting Ships. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Vice-Admiral Cecil Vivian Usborne". The Usborne Family. http://www.usbornefamilytree.com/cecil1880.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2011.

Bibliography

Terrell, Edward (1958). Admiralty brief: the story of inventions that contributed to victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. Harrap.

Directors of Naval Intelligence

W.H. Hall (1887–1889) · Bridge (1889–1894) · Beaumont (1895–1899) · Custance (1899–1902) · Battenberg (1902–1905) · Ottley (1905–1907) · Slade (1907–1909) · Bethell (1909–1912) · Jackson (1912–1913) · Oliver (1913–1914) · W.R. Hall (1914–1919) · Sinclair (1919–1921) · Fitzmaurice (1921–1924) · Hotham (1924–1927) · Fisher (1926–1927) · Domvile (1927–1930) · Usborne (1930–1932) · Dickens (1932–1935) · Troup (1935–1939) · Godfrey (1939–1943) · Rushbrooke (1943–1946) · Parry (1946–1948) · Longley-Cook (1948–1951) · Buzzard (1951–1954) · Inglis (1954–1960) · Denning (1960–1964) · Graham (1964–1965)

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Name	Usborne, Cecil Vivian
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Date of birth	17 May 1880
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Date of death	31 January 1951
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