Rear Admiral James Humphrey Walwyn (21 August 1913 – 24 February 1986) was a British officer in the Royal Navy who served during the Second World War. Walwyn was born in London into a prominent Welsh family, the son of Vice-Admiral Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn. He was educated at the

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. Walwyn served as ''aide-de-camp'' in 1936–37 to his father, who was Governor of Newfoundland. During the Second World War, he served on (1939–41) and (1943–44). He was later on the staff of the Home Fleet (1945–47), Naval Staff College (1949) and the

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(1948–50), and was Director of Royal Navy Tactical School (1958–59). He commanded (1951–52) and was captain of the Inshore Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea (1956–58). He continued to serve in the Mediterranean until his retirement in 1965. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the

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and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the

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. In 1945, Walwyn married Pamela Flora Bell, daughter of Surgeon Captain Kenelm Digby Bell. They had one son, Humphrey Stewart Walwyn (born 1948), who was head of BBC Records; and two daughters, Victoria Lindsay Walwyn (born 1951) and Susan Mary (born 1958). He died in Westminster, aged 72.

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