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.mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a></div><br /><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Sir Rhoderick McGrigor</div><br /><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;display:inline-block;">GCB</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiral_McGrigor_on_HMS_Norfolk_1945_IWM_A_29405.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Admiral_McGrigor_on_HMS_Norfolk_1945_IWM_A_29405.jpg/220px-Admiral_McGrigor_on_HMS_Norfolk_1945_IWM_A_29405.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="370" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Admiral_McGrigor_on_HMS_Norfolk_1945_IWM_A_29405.jpg/330px-Admiral_McGrigor_on_HMS_Norfolk_1945_IWM_A_29405.jpg 1.5x, 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style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1910–1955</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Plymouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Plymouth Command</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet</a><br />1st Cruiser Squadron<br />Home Fleet aircraft carriers<br />Flag Officer, Taranto and Adriatic<br />Flag Officer, Sicily<br />Force B at Pantellaria and Sicily<br />4th Destroyer Flotilla<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Versatile_(D32)" title="HMS Versatile (D32)">HMS <i>Versatile</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign" title="Gallipoli campaign">Gallipoli campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Jutland</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Convoys" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta Convoys">Malta Convoys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Convoys" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic Convoys">Arctic Convoys</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> <b>Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span></span> (12 April 1893 – 3 December 1959) was a senior <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> officer. He fought in the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> and saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a>. He also served in the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Last_battle_of_the_battleship_Bismarck" class="mw-redirect" title="Last battle of the battleship Bismarck">sinking of the <i>Bismarck</i></a> in May 1941, carrying out the office of Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Weapons) and commanding the 1st Cruiser Squadron during operations off the Norwegian coast and <a href="/wiki/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II" title="Arctic convoys of World War II">convoys</a> to North Russia. Furthermore, he served as <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> in the early 1950s and is most remembered as a leading proponent of carrier-based air power. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_career">Naval career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhoderick_McGrigor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Naval career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhoderick_McGrigor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born the son of <a href="/wiki/Major_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General">Major General</a> Charles Rhoderic Robert McGrigor <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">CB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George" title="Order of St Michael and St George">CMG</a>, late of the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">King's Royal Rifle Corps</a> and Ada Rosamond McGrigor (née Bower),<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGrigor spent his childhood in South Africa before returning to England in early 1906 for his education at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_College,_Osborne" title="Royal Naval College, Osborne">Royal Naval College, Osborne</a>, and then the <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College" title="Britannia Royal Naval College">Royal Naval College, Dartmouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath160_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath160-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Midshipman" title="Midshipman">midshipman</a> on 15 September 1910, McGrigor was posted to the <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Formidable_(1898)" title="HMS Formidable (1898)">HMS <i>Formidable</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)">Atlantic Fleet</a> in April 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-heath160_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath160-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He transferred to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Africa_(1905)" title="HMS Africa (1905)">HMS <i>Africa</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> in May 1912 and, having been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Sub-lieutenant" title="Sub-lieutenant">sub-lieutenant</a> on 15 January 1913, moved to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Agamemnon_(1906)" title="HMS Agamemnon (1906)">HMS <i>Agamemnon</i></a> in the Home Fleet in October 1913 and then on to the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Foxhound_(1909)" title="HMS Foxhound (1909)">HMS <i>Foxhound</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Fleet" title="Mediterranean Fleet">Mediterranean Fleet</a> in March 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, following his promotion to lieutenant on 15 October 1914, McGrigor saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a> in 1915 and then transferred to the battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Malaya" title="HMS Malaya">HMS <i>Malaya</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a> in which he saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McGrigor was posted to the <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Highflyer_(1898)" title="HMS Highflyer (1898)">HMS <i>Highflyer</i></a> in June 1919 and, having been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander" title="Lieutenant commander">lieutenant commander</a> on 15 October 1922,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he attended the War Staff Course at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_College,_Greenwich" title="Royal Naval College, Greenwich">Royal Naval Staff College</a> in late 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After qualifying as a <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a> specialist, he became flotilla torpedo officer for the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">commander</a> on 31 December 1927,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he joined the staff of the Tactical School at <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> and then became Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet in August 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became commanding officer of the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Versatile" class="mw-redirect" title="HMS Versatile">HMS <i>Versatile</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> in August 1932 and, having been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">captain</a> on 31 December 1933,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he joined the Training and Staff Duties Division of the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> in August 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McGrigor was appointed Captain (D), 4th Destroyer Flotilla (aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Campbell_(D60)" title="HMS Campbell (D60)">HMS <i>Campbell</i></a> and then <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kempenfelt_(I18)" title="HMS Kempenfelt (I18)">HMS <i>Kempenfelt</i></a>), with the Home Fleet in September 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 August 1938, he became Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief <a href="/wiki/China_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="China Station">China Station</a><sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (first on <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kent_(54)" title="HMS Kent (54)">HMS <i>Kent</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(shore_station)" title="HMS Tamar (shore station)">HMS <i>Tamar</i></a>, the RN base at Hong Kong) with promotion to <a href="/wiki/Commodore_(rank)" title="Commodore (rank)">commodore</a> 2nd class.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhoderick_McGrigor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Renown-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Renown-4.jpg/220px-Renown-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Renown-4.jpg/330px-Renown-4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Renown-4.jpg/440px-Renown-4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>The battlecruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Renown_(1916)" title="HMS Renown (1916)">HMS <i>Renown</i></a>, in which McGrigor took part in the sinking of the <i>Bismarck</i></figcaption></figure> <p>In early 1941, McGrigor was, briefly, <a href="/wiki/Flag_Captain" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Captain">Flag Captain</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Renown_(1916)" title="HMS Renown (1916)">HMS <i>Renown</i></a>, flagship of <a href="/wiki/James_Somerville" title="James Somerville">Sir James Somerville</a><sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was involved in the <a href="/wiki/Malta_Convoys" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta Convoys">Malta Convoys</a> and other operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean including the Bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a> in February 1941 and the <a href="/wiki/Last_battle_of_the_battleship_Bismarck" class="mw-redirect" title="Last battle of the battleship Bismarck">sinking of the <i>Bismarck</i></a> in May 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">rear admiral</a> on 8 July 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 9 September 1941 and early 1943, he was Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Weapons).<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In late 1943, he commanded the Naval Force (Force B) covering the capture of the Italian island of <a href="/wiki/Pantelleria" title="Pantelleria">Pantelleria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Corkscrew" title="Operation Corkscrew">Operation Corkscrew</a>) and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Invasion of Sicily</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for which he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">Distinguished Service Order</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath161_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath161-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as Flag Officer, Sicily, where he was wounded, for three months<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being redeployed as Flag Officer, Taranto and Adriatic (based at the shore establishment <a href="/wiki/HMS_Nile" title="HMS Nile">HMS <i>Nile</i></a> in <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>) until the end of 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Appointed a <a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Order of the Bath">Companion of the Order of the Bath</a> in the 1944 <a href="/wiki/New_Year_Honours" title="New Year Honours">New Year Honours</a>, McGrigor briefly commanded Home Fleet aircraft carriers at the start of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 27 March 1944 he was Rear Admiral commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron (with <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kent_(54)" title="HMS Kent (54)">HMS <i>Kent</i></a> and then <a href="/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(78)" title="HMS Norfolk (78)">HMS <i>Norfolk</i></a> as his flagship) participating in operations off the Norwegian coast and <a href="/wiki/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II" title="Arctic convoys of World War II">convoys to North Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in despatches">mentioned in despatches</a> for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Counterblast&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Counterblast (page does not exist)">Operation Counterblast</a> (the destruction of enemy shipping off the south-west coast of <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> in November 1944).<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 8 April 1945 he also held the post of Second-in-Command Home Fleet, receiving promotion to <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">vice admiral</a> on 15 April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final air-raid of the war in Europe, <a href="/wiki/Operation_Judgement,_Kilbotn" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Judgement, Kilbotn">Operation Judgement</a>, took place in North Norway under McGrigor's command on 4 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 June 1945 with the 1st Cruiser Squadron he conveyed <a href="/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Haakon VII of Norway">King Haakon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> on his return to <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> after five years in Britain, for which he was awarded the honour of Commander of the Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Order of St. Olav</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was advanced to <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> in the 1945 <a href="/wiki/Birthday_Honours" title="Birthday Honours">Birthday Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_service">Post-war service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhoderick_McGrigor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Post-war service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg/220px-HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg/330px-HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg/440px-HMS_Liverpool_1952_A_32079.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="586" /></a><figcaption>McGrigor being piped on board the cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Liverpool_(C11)" title="HMS Liverpool (C11)">HMS <i>Liverpool</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>, in 1952</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1945 onwards, McGrigor was appointed to a number of influential shore posts. He became <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice Chief of the Naval Staff</a> in October 1945 and, having been promoted to full <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admiral</a> on 2 September 1948,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet</a> in January 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McGrigor also commanded <a href="/wiki/Exercise_Verity" title="Exercise Verity">Exercise Verity</a>, a major multi-lateral naval exercise for the <a href="/wiki/Western_European_Union" title="Western European Union">Western Union Defense Organization (WUDO)</a>, in 1949<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and went on to be <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Plymouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth</a> in March 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was advanced to <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> in the 1951 <a href="/wiki/New_Year_Honours" title="New Year Honours">New Year Honours</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McGrigor became <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> and Chief of Naval Staff on 20 December 1951<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, having attended the funeral of <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">King George VI</a> in February 1952,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was appointed <a href="/wiki/List_of_First_and_Principal_Naval_Aides-de-Camp" title="List of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp">First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp</a> to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a> on 1 April 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also attended the coronation of <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">The Queen</a> in June 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As First Sea Lord he was a leading proponent of carrier-based air power and revived the title of <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> (which had been renamed "Naval Aviation" in 1946).<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_Fleet_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)">Admiral of the Fleet</a> on 1 May 1953 and retired in April 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>McGrigor received honorary degrees of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor of law">LLD</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_St_Andrews" title="University of St Andrews">University of St Andrews</a> in 1953 and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Aberdeen" title="University of Aberdeen">University of Aberdeen</a> in 1955; he was Rector of the University of Aberdeen from 1954 to 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In retirement his interests included shooting and fishing at his home at <a href="/wiki/Tarland" title="Tarland">Tarland</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeenshire" title="Aberdeenshire">Aberdeenshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-odnb_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odnb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died following an operation in <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> on 3 December 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-heath162_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heath162-11"><span 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text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice Chief of the Naval Staff</a> </b><br />1945–1947 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Edelsten" title="John Edelsten">Sir John Edelsten</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Commander in Chief, Home Fleet</a> </b><br />1948–1950 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Vian" title="Philip Vian">Sir Philip Vian</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Burnett" title="Robert Burnett">Sir Robert Burnett</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Plymouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth">Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth</a> </b><br />1950–1951 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Mansergh" title="Maurice Mansergh">Sir Maurice Mansergh</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Fraser,_1st_Baron_Fraser_of_North_Cape" title="Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape">The Lord Fraser of North Cape</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> </b><br />1951–1955 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">The Earl Mountbatten of Burma</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF157;">Honorary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Power" title="Arthur Power">Sir Arthur Power</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_First_and_Principal_Naval_Aides-de-Camp" title="List of First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp">First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp</a> </b><br />1952–1953 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Edelsten" title="John Edelsten">Sir John Edelsten</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #DAA520;">Academic offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Herbert,_1st_Earl_of_Torrington" title="Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington">Arthur Herbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chicheley" title="John Chicheley">Sir John Chicheley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Orford" title="Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford">Edward Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Priestman_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Henry Priestman (Royal Navy officer)">Henry Priestman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Orford" title="Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford">Earl of Orford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Rooke" title="George Rooke">Sir George Rooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leake" title="John Leake">Sir John Leake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington" title="George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington">Sir George Byng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leake" title="John Leake">Sir John Leake</a></li> <li><a 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Hamilton">Lord Archibald Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vere_Beauclerk,_1st_Baron_Vere" title="Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere">Lord Vere Beauclerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson" title="George Anson, 1st Baron Anson">Lord Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rowley_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)">Sir William Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rowley_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)">Sir William Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)">John Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe" title="Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe">Earl Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Saunders_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Saunders 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href="/wiki/Hugh_Pigot_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1722)" title="Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1722)">Sir Hugh Pigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leveson-Gower_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Leveson-Gower (Royal Navy officer)">John Leveson-Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood" title="Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood">Lord Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Middleton,_1st_Baron_Barham" title="Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham">Sir Charles Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Troubridge,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Troubridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Markham_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Markham (Royal Navy officer)">John Markham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Bickerton,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Bickerton, 2nd Baronet">Sir Richard Bickerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Domett" title="William Domett">William Domett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sydney_Yorke" title="Joseph Sydney Yorke">Sir Joseph Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Moore_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Graham Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Johnstone_Hope" title="William Johnstone Hope">Sir William Johnstone Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hardy,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dundas_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Dundas (Royal Navy officer)">The Hon. George Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Sir Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Parker,_1st_Baronet,_of_Shenstone" title="Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone">Sir William Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Sir Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Whitley_Deans_Dundas" title="James Whitley Deans Dundas">Sir James Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_FitzHardinge" title="Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge">The Hon. 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