# Cameron Rusby

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{{Infobox military person
|honorific_prefix = [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|name             = Sir Cameron Rusby
|honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|LVO}}
|image            = 
|caption          = 
|birth_date       = {{birth date|1926|2|20|df=y}}
|death_date       = {{death date and age|2013|9|6|1926|2|20|df=y}}
|birth_place      = [Valletta](/source/Valletta), [Malta](/source/Malta)
|death_place      = [Melrose, Scottish Borders](/source/Melrose%2C_Scottish_Borders)
|nickname         = 
|allegiance       = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|branch           = {{navy|United Kingdom}}
|service_years    = 1945 - 1982
|rank             = [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice_Admiral_(Royal_Navy))
|unit             = 
|commands         = [HMS ''Ulster''](/source/HMS_Ulster_(R83))<br>[HMS ''Tartar''](/source/HMS_Tartar_(F133))<br>Senior Naval Officer West Indies<br>[Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland](/source/Flag_Officer_Scotland%2C_Northern_England%2C_Northern_Ireland)
|battles          = [World War II](/source/World_War_II)
|awards           = [Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath)<br>[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order](/source/Lieutenant_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order)
|relations        = 
}}
[Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-Admiral) '''Sir Cameron Rusby''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|LVO}} (20 February 1926 – 6 September 2013) was a [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who served as [Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic](/source/Supreme_Allied_Commander_Atlantic).

== Naval career ==
Educated at the [Royal Naval College, Dartmouth](/source/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College), Rusby joined the Royal Navy in February 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37480|page=1088|date=22 February 1946}}</ref> He served in the closing stages of [World War II](/source/World_War_II) before being given command of the [frigate](/source/frigate) [HMS ''Ulster''](/source/HMS_Ulster_(R83)) in 1958.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-59U-Ulster.htm |title=HMS Ulster |publisher=Naval-history.net |accessdate=2013-09-10}}</ref> He became Executive Officer on [HMY ''Britannia''](/source/HMY_Britannia) in 1962, Deputy Director of Naval Signals in 1965 and Commanding Officer of the frigate [HMS ''Tartar''](/source/HMS_Tartar_(F133)) in 1969.<ref name=debrett/> He went on to be Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) to the Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief Southern Europe in 1969, [Senior Naval Officer West Indies](/source/Senior_Naval_Officer_West_Indies) in 1972<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2020/01/24/family-treasure-restored-to-owner/ |title=Family Treasure Returned to Owner|date=24 January 2020|newspaper=Cayman Compass|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) in 1974.<ref name=debrett/> His last appointments were as [Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland](/source/Flag_Officer_Scotland%2C_Northern_England%2C_Northern_Ireland) in 1977 and [Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic](/source/Supreme_Allied_Commander_Atlantic) in 1980 before retiring in 1982.<ref name=debrett/> He died on 6 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/167811/rusby |title=RUSBY - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements |publisher=Announcements.telegraph.co.uk |date=2013-09-06 |accessdate=2013-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-vice-admiral-sir-cameron-rusby-kcb-lvo-naval-officer-1-3087582 |title=Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby KCB |work=The Scotsman|date=2013-09-06 |accessdate=2013-09-13}}</ref>

== Family ==
In 1948 he married Marion Bell, with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=debrett/>

== References ==
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{{succession box| title=[Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic](/source/Supreme_Allied_Commander_Atlantic)| before=[Sir David Loram](/source/David_Loram)| after=[Sir David Hallifax](/source/David_Hallifax) | years=1980&ndash;1982}}
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Category:1926 births
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Category:Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
Category:Royal Navy vice admirals
Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II

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