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[[Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)|Vice-Admiral]] '''Sir David Worthington Brown''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}}  (28 November 1927 – 13 July 2005) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who served as [[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth|Flag Officer, Plymouth]].

==Naval career==
Educated in [[HMS Conway (school ship)|HMS ''Conway'']], Brown joined the Royal Navy in June 1945.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> After commanding four minesweepers, he took over the [[destroyer]] [[HMS Cavendish (R15)|HMS ''Cavendish'']], then successively the [[frigate]]s [[HMS Falmouth (F113)|HMS ''Falmouth'']] and [[HMS Hermione (F58)|HMS ''Hermione'']] and finally the [[destroyer]] [[HMS Bristol (D23)|HMS ''Bristol'']].<ref name=debrett/> He became He was appointed [[Directorate of Naval Operations and Trade (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Operations and Trade]] under the Ministry of Defence Naval Staff in 1972, Director of Officer Appointments (Executive) in 1976 and [[Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Operations)]] in 1980.<ref name=debrett/> In this capacity he was responsible for briefing senior naval officers and [[Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] on the planning for the [[Falklands War]].<ref name=tele>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1494460/Vice-Admiral-Sir-David-Brown.html Obituary: Vice-Admiral Sir David Brown] ''The Telegraph'', 21 July 2005</ref> He went on to be [[Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth|Flag Officer, Plymouth]] and Admiral Superintendent at [[HMNB Devonport|Devonport]] in 1982 before retiring in 1985.<ref name=debrett/>

In retirement he became a consultant to the insurance brokers, [[Hogg Robinson|Hogg Group]]<ref name=debrett/> and Chairman of the Governors of [[Broadmoor Hospital]].<ref name=tele/>

==Family==
In 1958 he married Etienne Hester Boileau; they had three daughters.<ref name=debrett/>

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