MILITARY PERSONNEL

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey has received more than 162,762 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey is the 1,884th most popular military personnel, the 4,316th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 110th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 1,884 out of 2,058. Before him are William T. Anderson, Eugene Bullard, Oliver Leese, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Raymond T. Odierno, and Robert L. Eichelberger. After him are Rufina Gasheva, Edmund Kirby Smith, Olha Ilkiv, Billy Mitchell, Augustin Bizimungu, and Henning von Holtzendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 227. Before him are Aquilino Ribeiro, Artur Lemba, John Beazley, Leonard Peterson, Dale Fuller, and Caius Welcker. After him are Carl Goßler, Harry Benjamin, Károly Dietz, Malcolm Campbell, Urani Rumbo, and Heinrich Schomburgk. Among people deceased in 1971, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 202. Before him are Cliff Edwards, Fernando Quiroga Palacios, Diana Lynn, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Armand Massard, and Martha Vickers. After him are Amado Azar, Nikolay Rubtsov, Chesty Puller, Kim Iryeop, Kono Yasui, and Jadwiga Smosarska.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 4,316 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Haddon (1962), Leslie Orgel (1927), Jon Amiel (1948), David Cox (1783), Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130). After him are Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Orlando Figes (1959), Henry Bird (1830), Alan Sugar (1947), Thomas Weelkes (1576), and Peter Taylor (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey ranks 110. Before him are John André (1750), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Albert Ball (1896), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), and Oliver Leese (1894). After him are John Dill (1881), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Guy Simonds (1903), Arnold Jackson (1891), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), and Hubert Gough (1870).

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