- Alec Julian Tyndale-Biscoe
Rear Admiral Alec Julian Tyndale-BiscoeOBE (10 August 1906 –26 April 1997 ) was a distinguished naval engineer and a senior officer in the BritishRoyal Navy .He played a leading role in the design of the biggest and last battleship to be built for the Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard. Some years later, when a UK based auto manufacturer wished to name a new model as
Standard Vanguard , Tyndale-Biscoe was involved in the decision as to whether they should be permitted to do so.
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