Sir

Lindsay Bryson
Born(1925-01-22)22 January 1925
Glasgow, Scotland
Died24 March 2005(2005-03-24) (aged 80)
Brighton, Sussex, England[1]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1942–1984
RankAdmiral
Battles/warsWorld War II
Falklands War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Lindsay Sutherland Bryson KCB FRSE FREng FRAeS (22 January 1925 – 24 March 2005) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.[2]

The son of James McAuslan Bryson and Margaret Whyte, Bryson was born and raised in Glasgow, where he was educated at Allan Glen's School.[3] Bryson joined the Royal Navy in 1942.[4] He served during World War II as an engineering cadet.[4] He commanded the naval engineering training school, HMS Daedalus, and then led the Royal Navy's guided weapons programmes from 1973.[4] He was promoted to vice admiral on 6 July 1979,[5] and appointed Controller of the Navy in 1981 and served in that role during the Falklands War retiring in 1984.[4]

After leaving the navy he served in 1985 as President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers[6] and as president of the Association for Project Management 1991–95.[7] He was Deputy Chairman of GEC-Marconi from 1987 to 1990.[4] He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex and Brighton and Hove in 1989.[8]

Family

In 1951, he married Averil Curtis-Willson; they had a son and two daughters, one of whom is the actress Ann Bryson.[4] Lady Bryson died in January 2017.[9]

References

  1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 559. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  3. ↑ "Former Pupils".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "No. 47904". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 July 1979. p. 8998.
  6. ↑ "IET Library".
  7. ↑ "How APM is run | APM". 2 June 2010.
  8. ↑ London Gazette, issue no.51936, 15 November 1989
  9. ↑ Bryson


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