Hugo White

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Sir Hugo White
Born	(1939-10-22) 22 October 1939
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1960-1997
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Oracle HMS Salisbury HMS Avenger HMS Bristol Fleet
Battles/wars	Cod Wars Falklands War
Other work	Governor of Gibraltar

Admiral Sir Hugo Moresby White GCB CBE DL (born 22 October 1939) is a former Governor of Gibraltar.

Naval career

Educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, the Nautical College, Pangbourne and the Britannia Royal Naval College, White was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1960.^[1]

He was appointed Commanding Officer of the submarine, HMS Oracle, in 1970 and then went to teach at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1971.^[1] He went on to be Commander Submarine Sea Training in 1973 and Commanding Officer of the frigate, HMS Salisbury, in 1975 during the Cod Wars.^[1] He was made Captain Naval Plans in 1978 and Commanding Officer of the frigate, HMS Avenger, as well as Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron in 1981 and served in the Falklands War.^[1] He went to work for the Chief of Defence Staff in 1982 and became Commanding Officer of the destroyer, HMS Bristol, in 1985.^[1]

He was appointed Flag Officer Third Flotilla and Commander of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Force in 1987.^[1] He became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1988 and Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as Commander Northern Atlantic in 1991.^[1] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1992 and then Governor of Gibraltar in 1995.^[2] He is also now life president of the Type 21 Club Association.^[3]

Family

In 1966 he married Josephine Mary Lorimer and they went on to have two sons.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Debretts People of Today 1994
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1996
↑ Type 21 Club Association

Military offices
Preceded by Michael Livesay	Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff 1988–1991	Succeeded by Peter Abbott
Preceded by Sir Michael Livesay	Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland 1991–1992	Succeeded by Sir Christopher Morgan
Preceded by Sir Jock Slater	Commander-in-Chief Fleet 1992–1995	Succeeded by Sir Peter Abbott
Government offices
Preceded by Sir John Chapple	Governor of Gibraltar 1995–1997	Succeeded by Sir Richard Luce

v t e Governors of Gibraltar

	Spanish period (1462-1704) De Salinas Habsburg occupation (1704) Hesse-Darmstadt Nugent Shrimpton Elliott Stanwix Treaty of Utrecht (1713) Portmore Kane Clayton Sabine Hargrave Bland Fowke Tyrawley Home Cornwallis Boyd Eliott Boyd Rainsford O'Hara Kent and Strathearn Fox Dalrymple Cradock Campbell Don Chatham Don Crown colony (1830) Houston Woodford Wilson Gardiner Fergusson Codrington Airey Williams Napier of Magdala Adye Hardinge Smyth Nicholson Biddulph White Forestier-Walker Hunter Miles Smith-Dorrien Monro Godley Harington Ironside Liddell Gort Mason-Macfarlane Eastwood Anderson MacMillan Redman Keightley Ward Lathbury Begg Grandy Jackson British dependent territory (1981) Williams Terry Reffell Chapple White Luce Durie British Overseas Territory (2002) Richards Fulton Johns Dutton

Persondata
Name	White, Hugo
Alternative names
Short description	Royal Navy admiral
Date of birth	22 October 1939
Place of birth
Date of death
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