Geoffrey Robson
Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station.Naval career
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Robson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1915 during the First World War and served as a midshipman on the battleship. He commanded the destroyers from 1934 and from 1935.
Robson also served during the Second World War, initially as Commander of the destroyer and then with combined operations from 1943 before commanding the 26th Destroyer Flotilla in 1944 and then Captain of Coastal Forces for The Nore in 1945.
After the War he was given command of the cruiser and then, from 1948, of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. He was appointed President of the Admiralty Interview Board in 1950, Flag Officer for the Home Fleet in 1951 and Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1953. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station in 1956 and then retired in 1958.
In retirement he served as Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1958 to 1964.
