Hugo White
Sir Hugo White | |
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Born | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | 22 October 1939
Other work | Governor of Gibraltar (1995–97) |
Viceregal styles of Sir Hugo White (1995–1997) | ||
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Reference style | His Excellency | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Early life
White was born at
White was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, where he distinguished himself as Chief Cadet Captain, Captain of Fencing, and playing on the rugby First XV.[4][5]
Military career
Having attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, White was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1960.[6]
He was appointed
He was appointed Flag Officer Third Flotilla and Commander of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Force in 1987.
Later life
White was appointed Governor of Gibraltar in 1995.[8] He was also life president of the Type 21 Club Association.[9]
He suffered a serious head injury in a fall in 2002, from which he made a gradual recovery but which impacted his later years.[4][10] He died on 1 June 2014.[11]
Personal life
In 1966 he married Josephine Mary Lorimer Pedler, having met her on a P&O liner return journey from Australia; they had two sons.[6]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Admiral Sir Hugo White: Commander who fought off Exocet attacks during the Falklands War and was later Governor of Gibraltar". The Independent. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Moresby-White, Elizabeth Sophia Pennington (Oral history)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ a b The Old Pangbournian Record: Old Pangbournian Obituaries and Death Notices 1917-2016, p. 256
- ^ "Admiral Sir Hugo Moresby White". Type 21 Club. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Debretts People of Today 1994
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1996
- ^ "Type 21 Club Association". Archived from the original on 19 November 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ^ The Old Dragon, Dragon School, Oxford, issue 4, 2015, Obituaries, p.22
- ^ "Former Governor, Sir Hugo White, dies aged 74". GBC News. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
External links
- Admiral Sir Hugo White – obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 10 June 1914