Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy

Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy
The Lord Elworthy
Born 23 March 1911(1911-03-23)
New Zealand
Died 4 April 1993(1993-04-04) (aged 82)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Air Force
Years of service 1933–1971
Rank Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Battles/wars Second World War
Awards Knight of the Order of the Garter
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Samuel Charles Elworthy, Baron Elworthy KG, GCB, CBE, DSO, LVO, DFC, AFC (23 March 1911 – 4 April 1993) was a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He served as the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the United Kingdom and thus the professional head of the British Armed Forces.

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RAF career

Educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College Cambridge,[1] Elworthy was called to the Bar before he joined the Royal Air Force in 1933.[2]

He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 82 Squadron in December 1940 and Group Captain responsible for Operations at HQ Bomber Command in May 1942 before being given command of RAF Waddington in April 1943 and becoming Senior Air Staff Officer at No. 5 Group in August 1944.[2]

After the war he was made Officer Commanding RAF Tangmere in 1951 and RAF Odiham in 1953 before becoming Commandant of the RAF Staff College, Bracknell in 1957.[2] He became Deputy Chief of the Air Staff in 1959, Commander-in-Chief British Forces Arabian Peninsular in 1960 and Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command in 1961.[2] He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1 September 1963 to 31 March 1967 and then Chief of the Defence Staff until his retirement in 1971.[2]

RPAF career

Elworthy became the first commanding officer[3] of RPAF Station, Drigh Road (now PAF Base Faisal) on 1 November 1947.[4]

Later life

He was made a life peer as Baron Elworthy, of Timaru in New Zealand and of Elworthy in the County of Somerset, in 1972[5] and served as Lord Lieutenant of Greater London between 1973 and 1978. In 1977, Elworthy was made a Knight of the Garter,[6] becoming the second RAF officer after Lord Portal to receive the honour.

Elworthy had the distinction of being in the Guinness Book of Records for the most post-nominal letters for a non-royal during his life-time. He was second overall to 1st Earl Roberts who held eight post-nominal compared to his seven.

His son is Air Commodore the Hon Sir Timothy Elworthy KCVO CBE, the Director of Royal Travel to the Queen.[7]

Honours and awards

Coat of arms

References

  1. ^ Probert, p. 60
  2. ^ a b c d e Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Elworthy
  3. ^ PAF base Faisal Retrieved 23 December 2010
  4. ^ Charles Elworthy RAFweb. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 45668. p. 5627. 11 May 1972. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 47207. p. 5631. 26 April 1977. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  7. ^ Air Cdre the Hon Sir Timothy Elworthy, KCVO, CBE Debrett's People of Today
  8. ^ Macauly, Gregor (2009). "The Arms of Charles Darwin". The New Zealand Armorist: The Journal of the Heraldry Society of New Zealand 109 (Summer 2009). 
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Geoffrey Tuttle
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
1959–1960
Succeeded by
Sir Ronald Lees
Preceded by
Sir Hubert Patch
Air Officer Commanding British Forces Arabian Peninsula
1960–1961
Post Disbanded
New title
Joint command established
Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command (Aden)
1961–1963
Succeeded by
Unknown
Preceded by
Sir Thomas Pike
Chief of the Air Staff
1963–1967
Succeeded by
Sir John Grandy
Preceded by
Sir Richard Hull
Chief of the Defence Staff
1967–1971
Succeeded by
Lord Hill-Norton
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Viscount Slim
Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle
1971–1978
Succeeded by
Sir John Grandy
Preceded by
Sir Gerald Templer
Lord Lieutenant of Greater London
1973–1978
Succeeded by
The Baroness Phillips

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