William Doveton Minet Staveley GCB DL (1928 - 1997)

Born 10 Nov 1928 in England

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Died 13 Oct 1997 at age 68 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Doveton Minet Staveley GCB DL (10 November 1928 – 13 October 1997) was a Royal Navy officer. Staveley saw service as a minesweeper commander on coastal patrol during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation before commanding a frigate and then an aircraft carrier and ultimately achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in the late 1980s. In that role he fought hard for a fleet large enough to meet NATO commitments.

William was born on 10th November 1928 in Sturminster, Dorset, England. He was the son of Admiral Cecil Staveley and Margaret Sturdee. His grandfathers were General Sir Charles Staveley and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet.^[1] In 1954 Staveley married Bettina Kirstine Shuter at Deben, Suffolk.^[2] They had a son and a daughter. He passed away as a result of a heart attack on 13th October 1997 at Sevenoaks, Kent.

Sources

1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Birth Index Dec qtr 1928, vol 5a, page 290
2. ↑ UK FreeBMD Marriage Index Sep qtr 1954, vol 4b, page 1999

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