John Tolhurst
Born (1943-04-22) 22 April 1943
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1961–1997
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldScotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
HMS Invincible
HM Naval Base, Portsmouth
HMS Exeter
HMS Berwick
Battles/warsFalklands War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral John Gordon Tolhurst, CB (born 22 April 1943) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland from 1996 to 1997.

Tolhurst joined the Royal Navy in 1961.[1] His first command was the frigate HMS Berwick: after that he was appointed Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMS Exeter in 1984,[2] Commodore of HMS Nelson, the Naval Base at Portsmouth, in 1988,[3] and captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in 1990.[2] He went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training in 1992 and Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 1996 before retiring in 1997.[3]

On retiring from active service, Tolhurst became senior military officer at the Defence Export Services Organisation.[4] He subsequently set up his own defence and security consultancy business, specialising in exhibitions in those sectors. He is a Trustee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Trustees: Rear-Admiral John Tolhurst". RNLI. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 Captains of Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Defence Exhibition Raises Community Anger BBC, 11 September 2007
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