Charles Weston (Royal Navy officer)


Charles Arthur Winfield Weston CB was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Naval career

Educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, Weston joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and served in World War II. He became Secretary to the Second Sea Lord in 1965, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1969 and Director of Naval Physical Training and Sport in 1972. He went on to be Director of the Defence Administration Planning Staff in 1973, Director of Royal Naval Quartering in 1975 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1976 before retiring in 1978. He was appointed CB in June 1978.
In retirement he became Appeals Secretary for the King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers.