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Biography
Rear Admiral (Benjamin) Brian Perowne CB (born 24 July 1947) is a former Royal Navy officer who ended his naval career as Chief of Fleet Support.
Early life
The son of Rear-Admiral Benjamin Cubitt Perowne CB, by his marriage to Phyllis Marjorie Peel, Perowne was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Naval career
Perowne joined the Royal Navy in 1965 and passed the RN Staff College in 1977. He served in HM Yacht Britannia from 1980–82 and commanded HMS Alacrity in 1982–1983, before an appointment to the British Naval Staff in Washington D. C., 1986–88. His second command, in 1988–1989, was HMS Brazen, and after that he served as Assistant Director (Strategic Systems), then as Chief Naval Signals Officer at the Ministry of Defence. He was Commodore to the Clyde and Naval Base Commander, 1994 to 1996, Director General of Fleet Support (Ops and Plans) from 1996, Chief Executive at the Naval Bases and Supply Agency in 1999 and Chief of Fleet Support in April 2000. He dealt with the crisis involving oil leaking from HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow in October 2000 before he retired in 2001.
In retirement he became Chief Executive of Hft (formerly The Home Farm Trust), a charity for people with learning disabilities, and Treasurer of The Voluntary Organisation Disability Group.
Family
He married Honora Rose Mary Wykes-Sneyd (known as Maggie), and they have two sons.