John Tolhurst

John Tolhurst
Born (1943-04-22) 22 April 1943
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1961 - 1997
Rank Rear Admiral
Commands held HMS Berwick
HMS Exeter
HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
HMS Invincible
Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral John Gordon Tolhurst CB (born 22 April 1943) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland.

Naval career

Tolhurst joined the Royal Navy in 1961.[1] His first command was the frigate HMS Berwick: after that he was appointed Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMS Exeter in 1984,[2] Commodore of HMS Nelson, the Naval Base at Portsmouth, in 1988[3] and Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in 1990.[2] He went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training in 1992 and Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 1996 before retiring in 1997.[3]

On retiring from Active Service, he became senior military officer at the Defence Export Services Organisation.[4] He subsequently set up his own Defence and Security consultancy business, specialising in exhibitions in those sectors. He is a Trustee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution[5] and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Association.

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Michael Boyce
Flag Officer Sea Training
September 1992April 1996
Succeeded by
Peter M. Franklyn
Preceded by
Sir Christopher Morgan
Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
19961997
Succeeded by
Michael Gregory
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