Raymond Lygo

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Sir Raymond Lygo
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

KCB (15 March 1924 โ€“ 7 March 2012) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
from 1975 to 1978.

Naval career

Educated at

Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training from February 1974 to June 1975. He went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1975,[1] was promoted to full admiral on 9 February 1977,[3] and retired in March 1978.[4]

Later life

After retirement, Lygo joined

Lygo went on to be Chairman of the Rutland Trust in 1991, Chairman of TNT (Express) UK Ltd in 1992 and Chairman of the Liontrust First UK Investment Trust in 1997.[1] He was Patron of the Fleet Air Arm Association.[6]

Family

In 1950 Lygo married Pepper Van Osten; they had two sons and one daughter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. ^ Unit Histories
  3. ^ "No. 47160". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 March 1977. p. 2825.
  4. ^ "No. 47485". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 March 1978. p. 3227.
  5. ^ "Transcript of "File on 4" Current Affairs Group" (PDF). BBC Radio 4. 8 June 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  6. ^ "About the FAAA". The Fleet Air Arm Association. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

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Military offices
Preceded by Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
1975–1978
Succeeded by