John Treacher

Admiral Sir John Devereux Treacher, KCB (23 September 1924 – 30 April 2018) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1975 to 1977.

Sir John Treacher
Admiral Sir John Treacher in 1977
Born(1924-09-23)23 September 1924
Chile
Died30 April 2018(2018-04-30) (aged 93)
London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1941–1977
RankAdmiral
Commands heldFleet (1975–77)
Naval Air Command (1972–73)
Carriers and Amphibious Ships (1970–72)
HMS Eagle (1968–70)
HMS Lowestoft (1964–66)
849 Naval Air Squadron (1952–53)
778 Naval Air Squadron (1951)
Battles/warsSecond World War
Korean War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Educated at St Paul's School, Treacher was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941.[1] He served in the Second World War and escaped the sinking of his ship.[2] He trained as a naval aviator and flew Supermarine Seafire with 800 Naval Air Squadron in the Korean War.[3] He was promoted to captain in 1962 and went on to command HMS Eagle.[2] He was appointed Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1973 and Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1975. He retired in 1977.[1]

Business career

In retirement Treacher became Chief Executive of National Car Parks. He was also Deputy Chairman of Westland Group and a Director of Meggitt.[1] He was named chairman of London's Playboy Club in an attempt to secure a gambling licence that had been denied over concerns regarding his predecessor.[4]

Treacher died in April 2018 at the age of 93.[5]

Family

In 1950 Treacher married Patcie McGrath; they had one son and one daughter. After his first marriage was dissolved, he married Kirsteen Forbes in 1969; they also had one son and one daughter.[1]

References
  1. Parker, Jonathan (1994). Debrett's People of Today. Debrett's. ISBN 9781870520195.
  2. Pen & Sword Review
  3. Thomas, Chapter 1
  4. New York Times October 6,1981
  5. "Admiral Sir John Treacher obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 3 May 2018.

Sources
  • Thomas, Graham The Story of the Men of the Fleet Air Arm, RAF & Commonwealth Who Defended South Korea 1950–1953, Grubb Street, 2004, ISBN 1-904010-04-0
  • Treacher, John Life at Full Throttle: The Memoirs of Admiral Sir John Treacher, Leo Cooper, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84415-134-9
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Terence Lewin		 Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
1973–1975		 Succeeded by
Sir Raymond Lygo
Commander-in-Chief Fleet
1975–1977		 Succeeded by
Sir Henry Leach
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