Guy Grantham

Sir Guy Grantham
Born	9 January 1900
Died	8 September 1992(1992-09-08) (aged 92)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Phoebe HMS Naiad HMS Cleopatra HMS Indomitable Mediterranean Fleet Portsmouth Command
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order

Admiral Sir Guy Grantham GCB CBE DSO (9 January 1900 – 8 September 1992) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.

Naval career

Educated at Rugby School,^[1] Grantham joined the Royal Navy in 1918.^[2]

He served in World War II initially as Commander of the cruiser HMS Phoebe and was involved in the evacuation from Greece for which he was awarded the DSO.^[1] After a period as a liaison officer in the Western Desert, he became Commander of the cruiser HMS Naiad which was sunk by a torpedo in March 1942.^[1] He then became Commander of the cruiser HMS Cleopatra in which he was involved in the defeat of the Italian Fleet at the second Battle of Birte.^[1] His last war-time command was of the aircraft carrier HMS Indomitable which was involved in the landings in Sicily.^[1] He went on to be Director of Plans at the Admiralty.^[1]

After the War he became Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1946.^[2] He was appointed Flag Officer Submarines in 1948, Flag Officer, Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1950 and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1951.^[2] He became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1954 and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and southern North Sea in 1957.^[2] He retired in 1959.^[2]

He was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to the Queen from 1958 to 1959.^[2]

In retirement he became Governor and Commander-in-Chief Malta.^[2]

Family

In 1934 he married Beryl Mackintosh-Walker; they went on to have two daughters.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Obituary: Sir Guy Gratham The Independent, 17 September 1992
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Military offices
Preceded by Sir John Mansfield	Flag Officer Submarines 1948–1950	Succeeded by Sydney Raw
Preceded by Sir George Creasy	Vice Chief of the Naval Staff 1951–1954	Succeeded by Sir William Davis
Preceded by Lord Mountbatten	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1954–1957	Succeeded by Sir Ralph Edwards
Preceded by Sir George Creasy	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1957–1959	Succeeded by Sir Manley Power
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Guy Russell	First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 1958–1959	Succeeded by Sir William Davis
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Laycock	Governor of Malta 1959–1962	Succeeded by Sir Maurice Dorman

Civil Commissioners, Governors and Governors-General of Malta

Civil Commissioners (1799–1813)	Ball Pigot Cameron Ball Oakes

Governors (1813–1964)	Maitland Rawdon-Hastings Ponsonby Bouverie Stuart More O'Ferrall Reid Le Marchant Storks Grant Straubenzee Borton Simmons Torrens Smyth Lyon Fremantle Grenfell Clarke Grant Rundle Methuen Plumer Congreve Du Cane Campbell Bonham-Carter Dobbie Gort Schreiber Douglas Creasy Laycock Grantham Dorman

Governors-General (1964–1974)	Dorman Mamo

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