John Frewen
{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (1911-1975)}}
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| name = Sir John Frewen
| honorific_suffix = GCB
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1911|3|28}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1975|9|1|1911|3|28}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=179-frewen_2-2&cid=1-2-6#1-2-6|title= Archive of the Frewen Family |publisher=National Archives|accessdate=5 July 2019}}
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| rank = Admiral
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| commands = HMS Mounts Bay
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Naval Home Command
| battles = World War II
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| awards = Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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Admiral Sir John Byng Frewen, GCB (28 March 1911 – 1 September 1975) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.
Naval career
Frewen joined the Royal Navy in 1924.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FREWEN.shtml Sir John Byng Frewen] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He served in World War II in the Russian Convoys and as squadron navigating officer for aircraft carriers in the Pacific. He also served in the Korean War as commander of HMS Mounts Bay.[http://www.navyhistory.org.au/a-royal-salute-with-live-ammunition-korea-1952/ A Royal Salute with Live Ammunition – Korea, 1952]
He was appointed chief of staff to the commander-in-chief, Home Fleet, in 1959 and then became Flag Officer Second in Command Far East Fleet in 1961. He went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1963 and commander-in-chief, Home Fleet, in 1965. He was then appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, in 1967. Finally he was appointed the first Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (following the merger of the Portsmouth and Plymouth Commands) in 1969. In that capacity he welcomed Sir Alec Rose back to Portsmouth after his single-handed trip around the world.[http://livelylady.net/livelylady/alecrose.php Sir Alec Rose & Lively Lady] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227123014/http://livelylady.net/livelylady/alecrose.php |date=27 December 2009 }} Frewen was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen from 1968 to 1970. He retired in 1970.
In retirement Frewen transferred Brickwall House School, a specialist school for boys with dyslexia, into an educational trust, which, after his death, was renamed by his cousin and godson Jonathan Frewen as Frewen College.[http://www.frewencollege.com/page_viewer.asp?page=Our+unparalleled+history&pid=41 Frewen College] In 1972 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).[http://royalnavyclub.org/History.html Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831164040/http://royalnavyclub.org/History.html |date=31 August 2018 }}.
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{{succession box | title=Commander in Chief, Home Fleet | before=Sir Charles Madden | after=Command disbanded | years=1965–1967}}
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{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth | before=Sir Frank Hopkins | after=Command disbanded| years=1967–1969}}
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{{s-ttl | title=First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp | years=1968–1970}}
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Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath