John Frewen

Sir John Byng Frewen, GCB was Commander-in-Chief, [Naval Home Command |Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command].

Naval career

Frewen joined the Royal Navy in 1924. He served in World War II in the Arctic convoys of [World War II|Russian Convoys] and as squadron navigating officer for aircraft carriers in the Pacific. He also served in the Korean War as commander of HMS [Mounts Bay |HMS Mounts Bay].
He was appointed chief of staff to the commander-in-chief, Home Fleet, in 1959 and then became Flag Officer [Second in Command Far East Fleet] in 1961. He went on to be Vice [Chief of the Naval Staff |Vice Chief of the Naval Staff] in 1963 and commander-in-chief, Home Fleet, in 1965. He was then appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, in 1967. Finally he was appointed the first Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1969. In that capacity he welcomed Sir Alec Rose back to Portsmouth after his single-handed trip around the world. Frewen was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen from 1968 to 1970. He retired in 1970.
In retirement Frewen transferred Brickwall House School, a specialist school for boys with dyslexia, into an educational trust, which, after his death, was renamed by his cousin and godson Jonathan Frewen as Frewen College. In 1972 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785.