David Dunbar-Nasmith
{{Short description|Royal Navy Rear Admiral (1921-1997)}}
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| death_date ={{death date and age|1997|09|15|1921|02|21|df=yes}}
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| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears = 1939–1972
| rank = Rear Admiral
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{{HMS|Moon||6}}
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5th Frigate Squadron
Naval Secretary
Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland
| battles = World War II
| awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Cross
| relations = Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith (father)
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Rear Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|DSC|DL}} (21 February 1921 – 15 September 1997) was a former Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.
Naval career
Born the son of Admiral Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, Dunbar-Nasmith joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1939.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/NASMITH.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives] He served in World War II in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean before being given command of HMS Haydon and then HMS Peacock. After the war he commanded HMS Moon and then HMS Rowena before joining the staff of the Flag Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron and then commanding HMS Enard Bay. He joined the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1952 and was then given command of the frigate HMS Alert in 1954. After promotion to captain on 30 June 1958,{{London Gazette|issue=41450|page=4514| date=18 July 1958}} he joined the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1958 and then became Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Berwick as well as Captain of the 5th Frigate Squadron in 1961.
He was appointed Director of Defence Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1963, Commodore, Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet from May 1966 to July 1967. Next appointed as Naval Secretary in 1967 and finally Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1970. He retired in August 1972.{{London Gazette |issue=45757 |date=21 August 1972 |page=10049 |supp= y }}
In retirement he became Chairman of the Highlands and Islands Development Board.{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12291418.former-chairman-of-hidb-dies-at-home-aged-76/ |title=Former chairman of HIDB dies at home, aged 76 |work= Glasgow Herald |date=20 September 1997 |access-date=15 January 2023}} He was also Gentleman Usher of the Green Rod. He lived at Rothes in Moray.
Family
He married Elizabeth Bowlby in 1951; they had two daughters and two sons.
He died at home in Glen of Rothes, Moray on 15 September 1997 aged 76 and was buried at Kinloss Abbey.[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182951575/david_arthur-dunbar-nasmith David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith on Findagrave.com] Elizabeth died on 8 September 2021, aged 94, in Winchester, Hampshire.{{cite news|url=https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/se5bw_Kc5Pk |title=DUNBAR-NASMITH, Mrs David OBE (Elizabeth Gwendoline nee BOWLBY) 1927-2021|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 September 2021}}
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Category:Royal Navy rear admirals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Deputy lieutenants of Moray
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)