Admiral Sir Charles Saumarez Daniel, KCB, CBE, DSO (23 June 1894 – 11 February 1981) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy.
Admiral Sir Charles Daniel | |
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 Daniel inspecting a combined operations exercise in 1943 | |
| Born | 23 June 1894 |
| Died | 11 February 1981 (aged 86) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1907–1952 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | Imperial Defence College (1949–51) HMS Renown (1941–43) 8th Destroyer Flotilla (1938–40) HMS Faulknor (1938–40) |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches |
Naval career
editEducated at Southcliffe School in Filey, the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Daniel was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1912.[1] He served in the First World War taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[2] He was made Experimental Commander at HM Signal School in 1928 and executive officer of HMS Glorious in 1933 before becoming a member of staff for the Joint Planning Committee at the Admiralty in 1936.[2]
He served in the Second World War initially as Captain (Destroyers) for the 8th Destroyer Flotilla and then, from 1940, as Director of Plans at the Admiralty.[2] He went on to be Captain of HMS Renown in 1941, Flag Officer, Combined Operations in 1943 and Vice Admiral in charge of Administration for the British Pacific Fleet in 1944.[2] After the war, he became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy and then, from 1949, Commandant of the Imperial Defence College before retiring in 1952.[2]
In retirement he became Chairman of the Television Advisory Committee.[1]
Family
editIn 1919, he married Marjory Katharine Wilson; they had one daughter.[1] Following the death of his first wife, he married Beatrice Pendlebury Worsley, widow of his brother-in-law John Pares Wilson, in 1963.[1]