Varyl Begg

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Begg
Rear Admiral Varyl Begg in 1957
Governor of Gibraltar
In office March 1969 – 3 October 1973
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Mayor	Joshua Hassan William Thompson Alfred J. Vasquez
Preceded by	Gerald Lathbury
Succeeded by	John Grandy
Personal details
Born	Varyl Cargill Begg (1908-10-01)1 October 1908 Kensington, London
Died	13 July 1995(1995-07-13) (aged 86)
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2) Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (Malaysia)
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	Royal Navy
Years of service	1926–1973
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands	First Sea Lord Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth British Far East Command HMS Triumph HMS Cossack
Battles/wars	Second World War Norwegian campaign Suda Bay Korean War Battle of Inchon Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Cargill Begg, GCB, DSO, DSC, KStJ (1 October 1908 – 13 July 1995) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser taking part in the North Atlantic convoys, the Norwegian campaign and the occupation of Iceland and then as gunnery officer in a battleship operating in the Mediterranean Fleet during the Battle of Cape Matapan. After that he commanded a destroyer during the Korean War and was Commander-in-Chief of Far East Command during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation. He was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the late 1960s. In that role he vehemently opposed plans to introduce large new aircraft carriers and instead managed to persuade the British Government to develop the design for three small "through-deck cruisers".