Admiral The Honourable Sir Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant
Admiral
The Honourable Sir Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant KCB CBE DSO DSC (7
April 1894 – 3 April 1961) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to
be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. He was a great-grandson of the
1st Baron of Penryn.
Born the son of Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn, Cyril
Douglas-Pennant joined the Royal Navy in 1907. He served in World
War I.
He also served in World War II as Captain of the cruiser
HMS Despatch. He went on to command the assault forces which landed
on Gold Beach during the Normandy landings in 1944. He was Chief
Naval Staff Officer and Deputy Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied
Commander South East Asia 1945-46,
After the War he became
Commandant of the Joint Services Staff College and then Flag Officer
(Air) and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1948. He
was appointed Senior Naval Representative for the British Joint
Services Mission to Washington D. C. in 1950 and Commander-in-Chief,
The Nore in 1952. He retired in 1953.
In 1917 he married
Phyllis Constance Leigh. Following a divorce from his first wife, he
married Sheila Brotherhood in 1937.
He and Phyllis had a daughter,
Sheila, an actress and TV compere.
See also:
The Douglas-Pennant Family
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
Errors and Omissions
|
|
The Forum
|
|
What's new?
|
|
We are looking for your help to improve the accuracy of The Douglas
Archives.
If you spot errors, or omissions, then
please do let us know
Contributions
Many articles are stubs which would benefit from re-writing.
Can you help?
Copyright
You are not authorized to add this page or any images from this page
to Ancestry.com (or its subsidiaries) or other fee-paying sites
without our express permission and then, if given, only by including
our copyright and a URL link to the web site.
|
|
If you have met a brick wall
with your research, then posting a notice in the Douglas Archives
Forum may be the answer. Or, it may help you find the answer!
You may also be able to help others answer their queries.
Visit the
Douglas Archives Forum.
2 Minute Survey
To provide feedback on the website, please take a couple of
minutes to complete our
survey.
|
|
We try to keep everyone up to date with new entries, via our
What's New section on the
home page.
We also use
the Community
Network to keep researchers abreast of developments in the
Douglas Archives.
Help with costs
Maintaining the three sections of the site has its costs. Any
contribution the defray them is very welcome
Donate
Newsletter
Our newsletter service has been temporarily withdrawn.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
