James Weatherall

Vice-Admiral Sir James Lamb Weatherall KCVO KBE (28 February 1936 – 18 March 2018) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps from 1992 to 2001.

Sir James Weatherall
Birth name	James Lamb Weatherall
Born	29 February 1936
Died	18 March 2018 (aged 82)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1954–1991
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMS Andromeda HMS Ark Royal
Battles/wars	Falklands War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Naval career

Educated at Gordonstoun School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Weatherall joined the Royal Navy in 1954.[1] He was given command of the frigate HMS Andromeda in 1982, serving with her in the Falklands War, and took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in 1985.[1] He joined the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1987 and then became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1989 before retiring in 1991.[1]

In retirement he became Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps[1] and a Trustee of the UK arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature.[2] Weatherall also served as Warden of Box Hill School a Public School in Mickleham near Dorking in Surrey, England[3]

Family

In 1962 he married Hon. Jean Stewart Macpherson, daughter of the first and last Baron Drumalbyn; they have two sons and three daughters.[4] He died on 18 March 2018.[5][6]

References

1. Debrett's People of Today 1994
2. World Wide Fund for Nature UK Trustees Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Old Boxhillians". 1 November 2016.
4. Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 107th Edition. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage. p. 3773.
5. The Telegraph death announcement, 23 March 2018
6. The Telegraph obituary, 28 March 2018.