{{Short description|Royal Navy Rear Admiral (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Rear Admiral |name = Brian Perowne |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} |birth_date={{birth date and age|1947|07|24|df=yes}} |death_date= |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |service_years= |rank= Rear Admiral |branch= 23px Royal Navy |commands= |unit= |battles= |awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath |other_work= }} Rear Admiral '''Benjamin Brian Perowne''' CB (born 24 July 1947) is a former Royal Navy officer who ended his naval career as Chief of Fleet Support.
==Early life== The son of Rear-Admiral Benjamin Cubitt Perowne CB, by his marriage to Phyllis Marjorie Peel, Perowne was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.<ref name=who>'Perowne, Rear-Adm. (Benjamin) Brian (born 24 July 1947)' in ''Who's Who 2011'' (A. & C. Black, 2010)</ref>
==Naval career== Perowne joined the Royal Navy in 1965 and passed the RN Staff College in 1977. He served in HM Yacht Britannia from 1980–82 and commanded HMS ''Alacrity'' in 1982–1983, before an appointment to the British Naval Staff in Washington D. C., 1986–88. His second command, in 1988–1989, was HMS Brazen, and after that he served as Assistant Director (Strategic Systems), then as Chief Naval Signals Officer at the Ministry of Defence. He was Commodore to the Clyde and Naval Base Commander, 1994 to 1996,<ref name=who/> Director General of Fleet Support (Ops and Plans) from 1996,<ref>Whitaker's Almanack 1998</ref> Chief Executive at the Naval Bases and Supply Agency in 1999 a post he simoultensouly held until 2003.<ref name="Civil Service Yearbook 2003">Civil Service Yearbook 2003</ref><ref name="The Civil Service Year Book">{{cite book |last1=Turnbull |first1=Sir Andrew |title=The Civil Service Year Book |date=2004 |publisher=The Stationery Office Ltd |location=Norwich, England |isbn=0114301891 |page=100 |edition=41}}</ref><ref>Whitaker's Almanack 2000</ref> and Chief of Fleet Support in April 2000.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Royal Navy Senior Appointments] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> In October 2000 he was involved with the Navy's efforts to deal with oil that had been leaking for several years from HMS ''Royal Oak'' in Scapa Flow.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/969618.stm Leaking battleship to be drained] BBC News, 13 October 2000</ref> In 2004 he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive of Warship Support Agency until 2005 when he retired.<ref name="Civil Service Yearbook 2003"/><ref name="The Civil Service Year Book"/>
==Life after the Navy== In retirement Perowne became Chief Executive of Hft (formerly The Home Farm Trust), a charity for people with learning disabilities,<ref name=hft>[http://www.hft.org.uk/About_us/Governance+-+of+-+Hft+-+Channel/Senior+Management/Brian+Perowne+-+Chief+Executive Brian Perowne - Chief Executive] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830180314/http://www.hft.org.uk/About_us/Governance%2B-%2Bof%2B-%2BHft%2B-%2BChannel/Senior%2BManagement/Brian%2BPerowne%2B-%2BChief%2BExecutive |date=August 30, 2010 }} Hft</ref> and Treasurer of The Voluntary Organisation Disability Group.<ref>[http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/events/conferences/content/7646/trustee_exchange_2011 Trustee Exchange 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224040827/http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/events/conferences/content/7646/trustee_exchange_2011 |date=2010-12-24 }} Civil Society</ref> In April 2013 he was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tsft.nhs.uk/about-your-hospital/media-centre/latest-news-releases/2013/april/chairman-welcomes-new-non-executive-director/|title=Chairman welcomes new Non-executive Director|publisher=Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust|accessdate=27 September 2017}}</ref>
==Family== He married Honora Rose Mary Wykes-Sneyd (known as Maggie), and they have two sons.<ref name=who/><ref name=hft/>
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