James Weatherall

Sir James Lamb Weatherall (28 February 1936 – 18 March 2018) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1989 to 1991 and then as Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps from 1992 to 2001.

Naval career Educated at Gordonstoun School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Weatherall joined the Royal Navy in 1954. He was given command of the frigate HMS Andromeda in 1982, serving with her in the Falklands War, and took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in 1985. Sir James also served as Warden of Box Hill School, a public school in Mickleham, near Dorking in Surrey, England until his death.

Weatherall was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1989 Birthday Honours and appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2001 New Year Honours.

Family In 1962 Weatherall married Hon. Jean Stewart Macpherson, daughter of Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn; they had two sons and three daughters. She died on 15 December 2021.