About Hugh Balfour
Lived 1933 – 1999 (aged 66). Hugh Balfour was a naval officer.
Rear-Admiral Hugh Maxwell Balfour, CB, LVO (29 April 1933 – 29 June 1999) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer.
Early life Hugh Balfour was born in Malta into a Royal Navy family on 29 April 1933, and received his early formal education at Ardvreck School, Crieff, and at Kelly College, Tavistock. He served on from 1960 to 1962 before gaining his first command in 1963 as a lieutenant on the Ton-class minesweeper.
From 1965 to 1967 he served as staff officer operations and senior communications officer to the senior naval officer West Indies (Snowi).
Post-military career On his retirement from the Royal Navy he became a communications consultant.
Personal life He married Sheila Ann Weldon in 1958, the marriage producing two daughters and a son.
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Scottish Royal Navy officer
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Hugh Balfour was born on 29 April 1933 in Malta.
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Hugh Balfour died on 29 June 1999.
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