Sir Peter Buchanan | |
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Born | 14 May 1925 Isle of Wight |
Died | 23 November 2011[1] Midhurst | (aged 86)
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service/ | ![]() |
Rank | Vice Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Scarborough HMS Devonshire |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Vice Admiral Sir Peter William Buchanan KBE FNI MRIN (14 May 1925 – 23 November 2011) was a Royal Indian Navy and Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.
Born on the Isle of Wight, he was the second son of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Henry Theodore Buchanan and Gwendolen May Isobel (née Hunt). He was educated at Malvern College.[2]
His brother Leading Aircraftman James Gilliam Buchanan, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died aged 19 on active service in Arizona, United States in 1943.[2]
Buchanan was admitted as a Younger Brother of Trinity House in 1963.[3] He was knighted in the Queen’s 1980 Birthday Honours, being awarded a KBE.[7]
In 1996 he served as Master of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London.[8] From 1997 to 2010 he was President of RNLI Selsey Lifeboat Station. A stained glass window commemorating his service was unveiled at the station on 4 October 2017 by his widow Lady (Audrey) Buchanan.[9][10]