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Michael Livesay

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir

Michael Livesay
Born(1936-04-05)5 April 1936
Died6 October 2003(2003-10-06) (aged 67)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1957–1993
RankAdmiral
Commands heldFlag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Flag Officer Sea Training
HMS Invincible
HMS Plymouth
HMS <i>Hubberston</i>
Battles/warsFalklands War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Michael Howard Livesay, KCB (5 April 1936 – 6 October 2003) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1991 to 1992.

Naval career

Educated at Acklam Hall Grammar School and Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Livesay was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1957.[1] He was made Commanding Officer of the minesweeper HMS Hubberston in 1966 and of the frigate HMS Plymouth in 1970.[2] He went on to be Captain, Fishery Protection and Mine Counter Measures, based in Scotland in 1975,[1] and the first Commander of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in 1979.[2]

Livesay was Director of Naval Warfare at the Ministry of Defence during the Falklands War, during which he developed the "Rules of Engagement"[1] and then, in 1984, went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training.[2] He was appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1986 and Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1989.[2] His final posting was as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel as well as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1991; he retired in 1993.[2]

In retirement Livesay became Chairman of the Northern Lighthouse Board and a Non-Executive Director of Scottish Nuclear.[2] He lived at Auchterarder in Perthshire.[2]

Family

In 1959 Livesay married to Sarah "Sally" House:[3] they had two daughters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Obituary: Admiral Sir Michael Livesay Daily Telegraph, 9 October 2003
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Obituary: Admiral Sir Michael Livesay The Times, 15 October 2003
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
Military offices
Preceded by Flag Officer Sea Training
1984–1985
Succeeded by
Preceded by Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
1986–1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland
1989–1991
Succeeded by
Preceded by Second Sea Lord
1991–1992
Succeeded by
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