Desmond Hoare (Royal Navy officer)
CB
(25 June 1910 – 26 April 1988) was a Royal Navy engineer officer, and educator.
Biography
Hoare was educated at
Admiralty. His final post was Chief Staff Officer, Technical, to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1960–62.[1] He was appointed CB in the 1962 New Year Honours.[2]
In 1962 Hoare took early retirement from the Navy to become the first headmaster of
RNLI for the nominal fee of one pound. He did not cash the cheque.[5]
He retired from his role as Headmaster at Atlantic College in 1969, taking on the position of Provost, which he held until retiring to Ireland in 1973.[6]
References
- ^ HOARE, Rear-Adm. Desmond John, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- ^ "No. 42552". The London Gazette. 29 December 1961. p. 3.
- ^ "Rear-Adm Desmond Hoare (obituary)". The Times. London. 28 April 1988. p. 16.
- ^ "Rear Admiral Desmond Hoare Has Been Accorded the Institution's Sincere Thanks". Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ISBN 9781857571011.
- ^ Maclehose, Andrew. "David B. Sutcliffe: A Tribute". Archived from the original on 23 October 2020.