James Weatherall

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Sir James Lamb Weatherall KCVO KBE (28 February 1936 – 18 March 2018) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1989 to 1991 and then as Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps from 1992 to 2001.

Vice-Admiral Sir James Weatherall KCVO KBE
Birth name	James Lamb Weatherall
Born	(1936-02-29)29 February 1936
Died	18 March 2018(2018-03-18) (aged 82)[1]
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1954–1991
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands	HMS Andromeda HMS Ark Royal
Battles / wars	Falklands War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Naval career

Educated at Gordonstoun School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Weatherall joined the Royal Navy in 1954.^[2] He was given command of the frigate HMS Andromeda in 1982, serving with her in the Falklands War, and took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in 1985.^[2] He joined the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1987 and then became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1989 before retiring in 1991.^[2]

In retirement he became Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps^[2] and a Trustee of the UK arm of the World Wide Fund for Nature.^[3] Sir James also served as Warden of Box Hill School, a public school in Mickleham, near Dorking in Surrey, England until his death.^[4]

Weatherall was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1989 Birthday Honours^[5] and appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2001 New Year Honours.^[6]

Family

In 1962 Weatherall married Hon. Jean Stewart Macpherson, daughter of Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn; they had two sons and three daughters.^[7] She died on 15 December 2021.^[8]