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John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey

1885 - 1971

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Admiral of the Fleet John Cronyn Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, (7 March 1885 – 12 January 1971), sometimes known as Jack Tovey, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he commanded the destroyer HMS Onslow at the Battle of Jutland and then commanded the destroyer Ursa at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight. During the Second World War he initially served as Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in which role he commanded the Mediterranean Fleet's Light Forces (i.e. cruisers and destroyers). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey is the 1,201st most popular military personnel (up from 1,884th in 2019), the 2,350th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,316th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 1,201 out of 2,058. Before him are Ōtomo no Otomaro, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Nikolai Nebogatov, Máximo Gómez, Alexander Matrosov, and David Stirling. After him are Yang Kyoungjong, Katō Yoshiaki, Matteo I Visconti, Nikolai Linevich, Richard Montgomery, and Presian.

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Among people born in 1885, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 110. Before him are Louise Bryant, Dorando Pietri, Alexander Shliapnikov, Josef Frank, Mineichi Koga, and Anton Flettner. After him are Henri Laurens, Francisco Bru, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Muslim Magomayev, and Theodor Kaluza. Among people deceased in 1971, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 98. Before him are Georgi Asparuhov, James Alberione, Mikhail Romm, Antonio Bacci, Mikhail Yangel, and James Waddell Alexander II. After him are Koichi Kudo, Fritz von Opel, Philo Farnsworth, Dimitrios Loundras, Thomas E. Dewey, and Aleksandr Tvardovsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 2,350 out of 8,785. Before him are Julian Lennon (1963), James Stirling (1692), Cary Elwes (1962), Cecil Beaton (1904), Chris Bristow (1937), and David Stirling (1915). After him are John Hughes (1814), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Marie Stopes (1880), and Tim Rice (1944).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 55. Before him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Arthur Percival (1887), Robert Maynard (1684), and David Stirling (1915). After him are Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Fastolf (1380), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), John Burgoyne (1722), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886).

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