1. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963.
17 Facts About Caspar John
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Caspar John was a pioneer in the Fleet Air Arm and fought in the Second World War in a cruiser taking part in the Atlantic convoys, participating in the Norwegian campaign and transporting arms around the Cape of Good Hope to Egypt for use in the western desert campaign.
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Caspar John went on to serve as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the early 1960s.
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Caspar John transferred to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1917 and passed out eighty-third of a hundred in 1920.
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Caspar John was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 30 January 1924.
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Caspar John was mentioned in despatches on 11 March 1941.
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Caspar John then returned to the Admiralty, first as Deputy Chief of Naval Air Equipment and then as Director of Air Organization and Training.
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Caspar John was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 7 July 1950 and promoted to rear admiral on 8 January 1951 on appointment as Commander of the 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron, later renamed the Heavy Squadron, Home Fleet.
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Caspar John was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1956 Birthday Honours, promoted to full admiral on 10 January 1957, and became Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in May 1957.
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Caspar John became First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in May 1960.
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Caspar John was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1960 Birthday Honours.
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Caspar John was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 23 May 1962 and retired in August 1963.
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In retirement, Caspar John took several civilian positions including chairman of the Housing Corporation from 1964 to 1968 and membership of the Security Commission from 1964 to 1973.
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Caspar John was a member of the Plowden Committee on primary education, a member of the Templer Committee on rationalisation of air power, chairman of the Star and Garter Home for disabled servicemen, chairman of the Back Pain Association and chairman of the tri-service Milocarian Club.
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Caspar John was briefly picked by the Industrial Society to be the public figurehead for the "I'm Backing Britain" campaign in 1968.
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Caspar John suffered from vascular disease and had both legs amputated in 1978.
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Caspar John lived with his wife in Mousehole in Cornwall and died of pneumonia at Hayle in Cornwall on 11 July 1984.