| Lord John Cronyn Tovey |
| Nationality |
British |
| Rank |
Admiral of the Fleet |
| Born |
7 March 1885 |
| Died |
11 January 1971 |
| Career |
| 1915 - 1918 |
Destroyer Commander (Skaggerak battle aboard Onslow) other commands include: Faulknor, Britannia, Majestic, Amphion, Rodney |
| 31 Dec. 1923 |
Captain |
| 1930 - 1932 |
Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord |
| 1932 - 1934 |
Rodney |
| 1935 |
Flag officer, at royal court |
| 27 Aug. 1935 |
Rear Admiral |
| 1938 - 1940 |
Rear Admiral, Destoyers in the Mediterranean |
| 3 May 1939 |
Vice-Admiral |
| June 1940 |
Mediterranean, Chief 7th Cruiser Squadron |
| 20 - 21 June 1940 |
Mediterranean, British-French operations against Bardia Securing the MA-3 convoys |
| July 1940 |
Mediterranean, Second-in-Command, Commander, Force A |
| 2 Dec. 1940 - 8 May 1943 |
Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet |
| January 1941 |
Home Fleet operation against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Operation "Berlin") |
| May 1941 |
Action against Bismarck on battleship King George V |
| November 1941 |
Home Fleet, US battle groups Action against suspected Tirpitz outbreak (from Norway) into the Atlantic |
| March 1942 |
Polar Sea PQ-12 operation |
| June - July 1942 |
Polar Sea QP-13, PQ-17 operations |
| 1943 - 1946 |
Commander-in-Chief, The Norre Admiral of the Fleet |
| 1945 - 1946 |
First and Principa Naval at royal court |
| 1948 - 1952 |
Third Estates Commissioner |
