Jack Dearlove

Jack Gilroy Dearlove (5 June 1911 – 11 July 1967) was an English rower who competed as coxswain for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Early life Educated at Lynton House school in Holland Park, West London, he suffered severe injuries in a road accident aged 13 which resulted in his right leg being amputated.

Sporting career At the 1948 Summer Olympics in England he was the coxswain of the British boat which won the silver medal in the Eights. where he won the bronze medal in the eights event.

Personal life His son Richard Dearlove went into the British Civil Service, becoming the British Government's Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, and later Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.