Peter Buchanan

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter William Buchanan KBE FNI (14 May 1925 – 23 November 2011) was a Royal Indian Navy and Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.

Early life Born on the Isle of Wight, he was the second son of Lieutenant Colonel Francis Henry Theodore Buchanan and Gwendolen May Isobel (née Hunt). He was educated at Malvern College.

His brother Leading Aircraftman James Gilliam Buchanan, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, died aged 19 on active service in Arizona, United States in 1943.

From 1965 to 1967 he served on HMS Victorious. He proved that the route now known as the Buchanan Passage can be used to reach Marguerite Bay from the North. Following promotion to vice admiral, he was appointed Chief of Staff, Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe in 1979.

Other Buchanan was admitted as a Younger Brother of Trinity House in 1963.

In 1996 he served as Master of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London. From 1997 to 2010 he was President of RNLI Selsey Lifeboat Station. A stained glass window commemorating his service was unveiled at the station on 4 October 2017 by his widow Lady (Audrey) Buchanan.