Benjamin Bathurst

Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst GCB, ADC, DL (born 27 May 1936) is a Royal Navy officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff and First Sea Lord during the early 1990s. He usually goes by his middle name and is known as Benjamin Bathurst. Bathurst is the son of Peter Bathurst and his wife Lady Elizabeth Ann (née Temple-Gore-Langton). His grandfather Benjamin Bathurst, Member of Parliament for Cirencester, was the third son of Allen Bathurst, 6th Earl Bathurst. Educated at Eton College and Britannia Royal Naval College he joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1953. He soon qualified as an instructor, followed by Senior Pilot and went on to take command of his squadron. He also served as an exchange officer with the Royal...