Background
LEACH, of the Fleet Henry Conyers was born on November 18, 1923. Son of Captain John Catterall Leach and Evelyn Rurrell Lee.
LEACH, of the Fleet Henry Conyers was born on November 18, 1923. Son of Captain John Catterall Leach and Evelyn Rurrell Lee.
Saint Peter’s Court, Broadstairs, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Served cruiser Mauritius, South. Atlantic and Indian Ocean 1941-1942. Battleship Duke of York (involved in Schamhorst action) 1943-1945, destroyers, Mediterranean 1945-1946, gunnery 1947. Gunnery appointments 1948-1951.
Gunnery Officer, cruiser Newcastle, Far East 1953-1955.
Staff appointments 1955-1959. Commanded destroyer Dunkirk 1959-1961.
Frigate Galatea (Captain 27th Squadron and Mediterranean) 67. Director of Naval Plans 1968-1970.
Commanded Commando Ship Albion 1970.
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy) 1971-1973. Flag Officer First Flotilla 75. Vice-Chief of Defence Staff 1976-1977.
Commander in Chief Fleet and Allied C.- in-C., Channel and Eastern Atlantic 1977-1979.
Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord 1979-1982. First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen since 1979.
President Registered Nurse Benevolent Society, Naval Officers’ Association, Sea Cadet Association. Governor Cranleigh School.
Chairman Saint Dunstan’s 1983 (member Council since 1982), Royal Navy Club, King Edward VII Hospital.
Vice-President SSAFA.
Married Mary Jean McCall in 1958.