Fabian Malbon

{{Short description|British Royal Navy officer (1946–2026)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Vice Admiral | name = Sir Fabian Malbon | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2026|01|17|1946|10|01|df=yes}} | death_place = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = Royal Navy | service_years = 1965–2002 | rank = Vice Admiral | unit = | commands = {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}}<br/>9th Frigate Squadron<br/>{{HMS|Brave|F94|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Torquay|F43|6}} | battles = Bosnian War | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | other_work = Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2005–11) }}

Vice Admiral '''Sir Fabian Malbon''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBE}} (1 October 1946 – 17 January 2026) was a Royal Navy officer who also served as the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2005 to 2011.

==Early life and naval career== Educated at Brighton Hove and Sussex Grammar School, Malbon joined the Royal Navy in 1965.<ref name=bio>[https://archive.today/20130204104556/http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2005/10/18/sir-fabian-prepares-for-his-next-challenging-role/ Sir Fabian prepares for his next challenging role] This is Guernsey, 18 October 2005</ref> He went on to command the frigates {{HMS|Torquay|F43|6}} and {{HMS|Brave|F94|6}}.<ref name=bio/> He was made Commanding Officer of HMS ''Brave'' as well as Captain of the 9th Frigate Squadron in 1987 and Director of Naval Service Conditions in 1988.<ref name=appoints>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Senior Royal Navy Appointments] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }}</ref> During the Bosnian War, as commanding officer of {{HMS|Invincible|R05|6}}, he provided air-to-air combat, close air support and photo-reconnaissance over Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1993.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bosnia-navy-treads-fine-line-between-training-and-the-real-thing-on-board-hms-invincible-christopher-bellamy-watches-preparations-for-possible-air-strikes-1460417.html Bosnia: Navy treads fine line between training and the real thing] The Independent, 11 August 1993</ref> He went on to be Naval Secretary in 1996 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1999.<ref name=appoints/> He retired in 2002.<ref name=bio/>

Malbon was made Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey on 18 October 2005.<ref name="Times">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615153924/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3004266.ece Relative Values: Sir Fabian Malbon and his son Jonny] at Times Online.</ref>

==Personal life and death== Malbon and his wife, Sue, had three sons.<ref name="Times"/> He died on 17 January 2026, at the age of 79.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guernsey's former Lieutenant Governor, Sir Fabian Malbon, dies at the age of 79 |url=https://www.itv.com/news/channel/2026-01-22/tributes-paid-to-sir-fab-the-lieutenant-governor-who-was-full-of-fun |access-date=22 January 2026 |work=itv.com |date=22 January 2026}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box|title=Naval Secretary|before=Alan West|after=Jeremy de Halpert|years=1996–1998}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sir Jeremy Blackham}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet|years=1999–2001}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Jonathon Band}} |- {{s-gov}} {{succession box | before=Sir John Foley | title=Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | years=2005–2011 | after=Peter Walker}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malbon, Fabian}} Category:1946 births Category:2026 deaths Category:Place of birth missing Category:People educated at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School Category:Royal Navy vice admirals Category:Guernsey people Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire