Lindsay Bryson

Admiral Sir Lindsay Sutherland Bryson KCB FRSE FREng FRAeS (22 January 1925 – 24 March 2005) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.[2]

Sir Lindsay Bryson
Born(1925-01-22)22 January 1925
Glasgow, Scotland
Died24 March 2005(2005-03-24) (aged 80)
Brighton, Sussex, England[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1942–1984
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsWorld War II
Falklands War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

The son of James McAuslan Bryson and Margaret Whyte, Bryson was born and raised in Glasgow, where he was educated at Allan Glen's School.[3] Bryson joined the Royal Navy in 1942.[4] He served during World War II as an engineering cadet.[4] He commanding the naval engineering training school, HMS Daedalus, and then led the Royal Navy's guided weapons programmes from 1973.[4] He was appointed Controller of the Navy in 1981 and served in that role during the Falklands War retiring in 1984.[4]

After leaving the Navy he served in 1985 as President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers[5] and as President of the Association for Project Management 1991–95.[6] He was Deputy Chairman of GEC-Marconi from 1987 to 1990.[4] He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex and Brighton and Hove in 1989.[7]

Family

In 1951, he married Averil Curtis-Willson; they had a son and two daughters.[4] Lady Bryson died in January 2017.[8]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 559. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. http://www.allanglens.com/index.php/former-pupils
  4. "Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson". Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  5. https://www.theiet.org/resources/library/archives/institution-history/presidents-iee.cfm
  6. https://www.apm.org.uk/about-us/how-apm-is-run/
  7. London Gazette, issue no.51936, 15 November 1989
  8. Bryson
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Fieldhouse		 Controller of the Navy
1981–1984		 Succeeded by
Sir Derek Reffell


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