Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy KG, GCB, CBE, DSO, LVO, DFC, AFC (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces. Educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College Cambridge, Elworthy was called to the Bar before he joined the Royal Air Force in 1933. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 82 Squadron in December 1940 and Group Captain responsible for Operations at HQ Bomber Command in May 1942 before being given command of RAF Waddington in April 1943 and becoming Senior Air Staff Officer at No. 5 Group in August 1944. After the war he...