Admiral Sir Hugo Moresby White, (22 October 1939 – 1 June 2014) was a senior officer of the Royal Navy and subsequently Governor of Gibraltar.
Early life White was born at Torquay, Devon, son of Hugh Fortescue Moresby White (1891–1979), CMG, of the Colonial Office, Senior Resident in Nigeria, and Elizabeth ("Betty") Sophia Pennington Brandt, daughter of Captain Frank Brandt, killed at the Battle of Coronel in command of HMS Monmouth. He was a descendant of Admiral of the Fleet Fairfax Moresby.
White was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford, and at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, where he distinguished himself as Chief Cadet Captain, Captain of Fencing, and playing on the rugby First XV.The Old Pangbournian Record: Old Pangbournian Obituaries and Death Notices 1917–2016, p. 256
Military career Having attended the Britannia Royal Naval College, White was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1960.Debretts People of Today 1994
He was appointed Commanding Officer of the submarine, , in 1970 and then went to teach at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1971. He went on to be Commander Submarine Sea Training in 1973 and Commanding Officer of the frigate, , in 1975 during the Cod Wars. He was made Captain Naval Plans in 1978 and Commanding Officer of the frigate, , as well as Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron in 1981 and served in the Falklands War. He went to work for the Chief of Defence Staff in 1982 and became Commanding Officer of the destroyer, , in 1985.
He was appointed Flag Officer Third Flotilla and Commander of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Force in 1987. He became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1988 and Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as Commander Northern Atlantic in 1991. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1992.
Later life White was appointed Governor of Gibraltar in 1995.Whitaker's Almanack 1996 He was also life president of the Type 21 Club Association.
He suffered a serious head injury in a fall in 2002, from which he made a gradual recovery but which impacted his later years.The Old Dragon, Dragon School, Oxford, issue 4, 2015, Obituaries, p.22 He died on 1 June 2014.
Personal life In 1966 he married Josephine Mary Lorimer Pedler, having met her on a P&O liner return journey from Australia; they had two sons.
References
External links Admiral Sir Hugo White – obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 10 June 2014