Louis Le Bailly
Sir Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le Bailly | |
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Born | 18 July 1915 |
Died | 3 October 2010 Companion of the Order of the Bath | (aged 95)
Le Bailly was born the son of Robert Francis Le Bailly and Ida Gaskell Le Bailly (née Holland). He attended the
Le Bailly served at the Admiralty from 1946 and aboard
In retirement he was appointed director-general of intelligence at the Ministry of Defence in 1972.[1] Later he became vice chairman of the Institute for Study of Conflict, and chairman of the Civil Service Selection Board.
Le Bailly led a campaign for his local pub in St Tudy, Cornwall, to be renamed after William Bligh who was born in the village.[3] He wrote many letters to newspapers such as The Times[4] and The Daily Telegraph, often calling for British withdrawal from the European Union[5] which eventually happened after his death, but also sometimes on more whimsical matters.[6] For his Eurosceptic views he was criticised by Auberon Waugh; after he joined with his fellow villagers in a petition asking for a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU,[7] Waugh denounced "terrified and resentful" Eurosceptics "mumbl[ing] their platitudes about British sovereignty".[8]
On his death in 2010 he was survived by his wife, Pamela (née Berthon); Sir Louis died on their 64th wedding anniversary, as they had been married on 2 October 1946 at
Works
Le Bailly was a prolific writer; his writings include four published books;
- 1990: A Man Around the Engine
- 1991: From Fisher to the Falklands
- 1994: Old Loves Return
- 2007: We Should Look to Our Moat
References
- ^ a b c d e f Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir Louis Le Bailly The Times, 8 October 2010
- ^ RN Officers 1939-1945
- OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "From our Own Correspondents: 300 Letters a Day" by Rose Wild, The Times, 12 August 1995
- ^ See for example "Maastricht questions", The Times page 17, 17 May 1993
- ^ See for example "Therapeutic value of chicken soup", The Times page 29, 21 October 2000
- ^ "Cornish villagers take on Europe" by Michael Hornsby, The Times page 4, 15 August 1995
- ^ "All that is left" by Auberon Waugh, The Daily Telegraph, page 21, 16 September 1995, also reprinted in the book Way of the World: The Forgotten Years, Century 1997 and Arrow Books 1998
- ^ The Times, Friday, 4 October 1946; pg. 1; Issue 50573; col A
- ^ Le Bailly