David Williams (Royal Navy officer)
{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1921–2012)}}
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|honorific_prefix = Admiral
|name = Sir David Williams
|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB}}
|image=Admiral Sir David Williams R. N. (cropped).jpg
|caption=Admiral Sir David Williams R. N.
|birth_date= {{birth date|df=y|1921|10|22}}
|birth_place= Ashford, Kent
|death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|2012|07|16|1921|10|22}}
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|nickname=
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Navy
|serviceyears= 1935–79
|rank= Admiral
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|commands= Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command
Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel
Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training
Flag Officer Second-in-Command Far East Fleet
Flag Officer, Second Flotilla
Britannia Royal Naval College
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|battles= Second World War
|awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches
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|laterwork= Governor of Gibraltar (1982–85)
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Admiral Sir David Williams, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB}} (22 October 1921 – 16 July 2012) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and Governor of Gibraltar.
Naval career
Williams was appointed Flag Officer Second-in-Command Far East Fleet in 1970. Appointed Flag Officer, Second Flotilla from March 1971 to March 1972. He was then Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training from April 1972 to February 1974. He was then promoted to Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1974, with the rank of full admiral from 8 September 1974;{{London Gazette|issue=46403|supp=y|page=11365| date=18 November 1974}} and then Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1976 to May 1979 when he retired.{{London Gazette|issue=47835|supp=y|page=5976| date=4 May 1979}}Whitakers Almanack 1979
Between 1980 and 1982 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United in 1889).{{Cite web |url=http://royalnavyclub.org/History.html |title=Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United in 1889) |access-date=4 July 2010 |archive-date=31 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831164040/http://royalnavyclub.org/History.html |url-status=dead }} On 26 October 1982 he became the Governor of Gibraltar.[http://www.bordaline.co.uk/rockjottings/1216636771Sir%20david%20williams%201982.pdf New Governor arrives today] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222061904/http://www.bordaline.co.uk/rockjottings/1216636771Sir%20david%20williams%201982.pdf |date=22 February 2012 }} 26 October 1982 He held this position for three years until 19 November 1985.
He was a vice-president of the Friends of Gibraltar Heritage Society.{{cite web|title=Friends of Gibraltar Heritage Society Newsletter No 83 April 2008 |url=http://www.foghs.org.uk/nl/83.pdf |access-date=21 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201130023/http://www.foghs.org.uk/nl/83.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2008 }}
References
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{{s-ttl|title=Governor of Gibraltar|years=1982–1985}}
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{{Governors of Gibraltar}}
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Category:Governors of Gibraltar
Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Category:Lords of the Admiralty
Category:People from Ashford, Kent
Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War II
Category:Military personnel from Kent
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