About Horace Law
Lived 1911 – 2005 (aged 93). Horace Law was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir Horace Rochfort Law, (23 June 1911 – 30 January 2005) was Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command.
Naval career Educated at Sherborne School and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Law joined the Royal Navy in 1929. He became a Gunnery specialist in 1937.
Personal life In 1941 he married Heather Coryton: they went on to have two sons and two daughters.
He was a Governor of Monkton Combe School from 1969 to 1994.
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Who was Horace Law?
Royal Navy admiral (1911-2005)
When was Horace Law born?
Horace Law was born on 23 June 1911 in Dublin.
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Horace Law died on 30 January 2005.
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Horace Law was a naval officer.
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