Lindsay Bryson

Admiral

Sir Lindsay Bryson

KCB FRSE FREng FRAeS
Born(1925-01-22)22 January 1925
Glasgow, Scotland
Died24 March 2005(2005-03-24) (aged 80)
Brighton, Sussex, England[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Years of service1942–1985
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]

Early life and education

The son of James McAuslan Bryson (died 1976) and Margaret Whyte (died 1946),[3] Bryson was born and raised on a Glasgow council estate,[4] and was educated at Allan Glen's School.[5] He took a first class honours BSc degree in electrical engineering as an external student of the University of London.[6][7]

Bryson joined the Royal Navy in 1942.[8] He served during World War II as an engineering cadet.[8] He commanded the naval engineering training school, HMS Daedalus, and then led the Royal Navy's guided weapons programmes from 1973.[8] He was promoted to vice admiral on 6 July 1979,[9] and appointed Controller of the Navy in 1981 and served in that role during the Falklands War.[8] He retired on 11 Jan 1985.[10]

After leaving the navy he served in 1985 as President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers[11] and as president of the Association for Project Management 1991–95.[12] He was Deputy Chairman of GEC-Marconi from 1987 to 1990.[8] He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex and Brighton and Hove in 1989.[13]

Personal life

In 1951, he married WRNS third officer Averil, daughter of William Thomas Curtis-Willson, MBE[14] president of the Newspaper Society and chairman of the Brighton Herald.[15][16] They had a son and two daughters, one of whom is the actress Ann Bryson.[8] Lady Bryson died in January 2017.[17]

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. ^ People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2006, p. 270
  4. ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1490067/Admiral-Sir-Lindsay-Bryson.html
  5. ^ "Former Pupils". Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ^ People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2006, p. 270
  7. ^ https://www.imeche.org/about-us/imeche-engineering-history/honorary-fellows/1981-2000
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson". The Daily Telegraph. 16 May 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  9. ^ "No. 47904". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 July 1979. p. 8998.
  10. ^ "No. 50006". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 January 1985. p. 501.
  11. ^ "IET Library".
  12. ^ "How APM is run | APM". 2 June 2010.
  13. ^ London Gazette, issue no.51936, 15 November 1989
  14. ^ The Edinburgh Gazette, June 6, 1933, p. 476-7
  15. ^ Newspaper World, collected issues 2737-2762, 1950, p. 479
  16. ^ People of Today, Debrett's Ltd, 2006, p. 270
  17. ^ Bryson


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