Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, KBE (born 1 October 1946) is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2005 to 2011.
Fabian Malbon | |
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Born | 1 October 1946 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1965–2002 |
Rank | Vice Admiral |
Commands | HMS Invincible 9th Frigate Squadron HMS Brave HMS Torquay |
Battles / wars | Bosnian War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Other work | Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2005–11) |
Naval career
editEducated at Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School, Malbon joined the Royal Navy in 1965.[1] He went on to command the frigates HMS Torquay and HMS Brave.[1] He was made Commanding Officer of HMS Brave as well as Captain of the 9th Frigate Squadron in 1987 and Director of Naval Service Conditions in 1988.[2] During the Bosnian War, as commanding officer of HMS Invincible, he provided air-to-air combat, close air support and photo-reconnaissance over Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993.[3] He went on to be Naval Secretary in 1996 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1999.[2] He retired in 2002.[1]
He was made Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey on 18 October 2005.[4]
Family
editFabian Malbon and his wife Sue have three sons.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sir Fabian prepares for his next challenging role This is Guernsey, 18 October 2005
- ^ a b Senior Royal Navy Appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bosnia: Navy treads fine line between training and the real thing The Independent, 11 August 1993
- ^ a b Relative Values: Sir Fabian Malbon and his son Jonny at Times Online.