Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet

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Sir Geoffrey Bromet KBE, CB, DSO, DL

Air Vice-Marshal Bromet, AOC No 19 Group, and his SASO (Senior Air Staff Officer), Group Captain H Brackley, review U-boat positions in the new underground Area Combined Operations HQ at Mount Wise, Plymouth, August 1942
18th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office 1945–1952
Monarch	George VI
Preceded by	Earl Granville
Succeeded by	Sir Ambrose Dundas
Personal details
Born	Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet 28 August 1891
Died	16 November 1983
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Jean Conan Doyle
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Air Force
Years of service	1904-1945
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Commands	No. 1 Squadron RNAS No. 8 Squadron RNAS Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment No. 19 Group No. 247 Group
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet KBE CB DSO, DL (28 August 1891 – 16 November 1983) was an Air Vice Marshal during World War II and a former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.

RAF career

Bromet attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then served as a Flight Commander in the First World War being commended for his service in Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding No. 1 Squadron RNAS and then No. 8 Squadron RNAS.^[1] In 1919 he was commissioned permanently as a Major in the RAF.^[1] After commanding the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, he was appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Area in 1931, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East in 1933 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1936.^[1]

He served in World War II as Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group before retiring at his own request in 1945.^[1]

In 1945 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man and served until 1952.^[2]

His second marriage was to Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan Doyle, daughter of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Honours and awards

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire - 14 Jun 1945 (CBE - 17 Mar 1941, OBE - 1 Jan 1919)
Companion of the Order of the Bath - 1 Jan 1943
Distinguished Service Order – 12 May 1917
Mentioned in Despatches - 1 Jan 1941
Legion of Honour, Chevalier (France) - 1917
Polonia Restituta 2nd Class (Poland) - 12 Jun 1945
Order of the White Lion, 2nd Class (Czechoslovakia) - 6 Sep 1946
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) - 17 Aug 1948
Deputy Lieutenant of Kent - 1958

References

Military offices
Preceded by G H Boyce	Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group 1941 - 1943	Succeeded by B E Baker
New title Group established	Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group 1943 - 1945	Succeeded by H F G Southey
Government offices
Preceded by Earl Granville	Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 1945–1952	Succeeded by Sir Ambrose Dundas

v t e Lieutenant Governors of the Isle of Man

Hope Dawson Shaw Murray Smelt Ready Hope Pigott-Stainsby-Conant Loch Walpole Ridgeway Henniker-Major Somerset Fry Hill Butler Granville Bromet Flux Dundas Garvey Stallard Paul Cecil New Jones Daunt MacFadyen Haddacks Wood

Persondata
Name	Bromet, Geoffrey Rhodes
Alternative names
Short description	Royal Air Force air marshals
Date of birth	28 August 1891
Place of birth
Date of death	16 November 1983
Place of death

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