{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral (born 1947)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Admiral |name = Sir James Perowne |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCVO|KBE}} |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1947|07|29|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |service_years= 1969–2002 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands= Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic<br/>Commander Operations<br/>6th Frigate Squadron<br/>9th Frigate Squadron<br/>{{HMS|Norfolk|F230|6}}<br/>2nd Submarine Squadron<br/>{{HMS|Boxer|F92|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Superb|S109|6}}<br/>{{HMS|Opportune|S20|6}} |battles= |awards= Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order<br/>Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |other_work= Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle }} Admiral '''Sir James Francis Perowne''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCVO|KBE}} (born 29 July 1947) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1998 to 2002.
==Naval career== Educated at Sherborne School,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sherborne.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/Sherborne_Newsletters/Newsletter_March_16_-_Compressed.pdf|title=Saturday Lecture Series|publisher=Sherborne School|accessdate=18 February 2018}}</ref><ref>''Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4081-1414-8}}</ref> and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Perowne joined the Royal Navy in 1969.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44923|supp=y|page=8764|date=22 August 1969}}</ref> He was given command of the submarine {{HMS|Opportune|S20|6}} in 1976, the submarine {{HMS|Superb|S109|6}} in 1981 and the frigate {{HMS|Boxer|F92|6}} in 1986.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He went on to be Commander of the 2nd Submarine Squadron in 1990,<ref name=debrett/> Commanding Officer of the frigate {{HMS|Norfolk|F230|6}} as well as Captain of the 9th Frigate Squadron in 1992 and Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS ''Norfolk'' as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 1993.<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> He then became Senior Naval Member on the Directing Staff at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1995, Commander Operations and Flag officer Submarines in 1996 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1998.<ref name=appoints/> He retired in 2002.<ref>Whitaker's Almanack 2003</ref>
==Retirement== In retirement Perowne became Chairman of the Council of the British Red Cross Queen Mother Memorial Fund and Chairman of the Central Region of the Consumer Council for Water.<ref>[http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/54e6de9e0c383719802572b9005141ed/4e1eb28e80ad4ed9802572ab004bb522?OpenDocument DEFRA]</ref>
In 2014 Perowne was appointed Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Surprise knighthood for retiring Windsor Castle governor|work=Ascot Windsor & Eton Express|date=24 July 2014|accessdate=29 November 2015|url=http://www.windsorexpress.co.uk/News/Areas/Windsor/Surprise-knighthood-for-retiring-Windsor-Castle-governor-24072014.htm}}</ref> On his relinquishment of this position in 2022, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) on 19 July 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4121114|title=Crown Office|website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref>
==Family== In 1971 Perowne married Susan Anne Holloway; they had four sons.<ref name=debrett/> Following the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Caroline Nicola Grimson in 1992.<ref name=debrett/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Roger Lane-Nott}} {{s-ttl|title=Commander Operations|years=1996–1998}} {{s-aft|after=Robert Stevens}} |- {{succession box| title=Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic| before=Sir Ian Garnett| after=Sir Ian Forbes | years=1998–2002}} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef|before=Sir Ian Macfadyen}} {{s-ttl|title=Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle|years=2014–2022}} {{s-aft|after=Philip Jones}} {{s-end}}
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