Deric Holland-Martin

Admiral Sir Douglas Eric "Deric" Holland-Martin GCB DSO DSC DL (1906–1977) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.

Naval career
Educated at West Downs School, Holland-Martin joined the Royal Navy in 1920. He commanded successively the destroyers HMS Tartar, HMS Holderness, HMS Nubian and HMS Faulknor.

He served in World War II and then became Naval attaché to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. He was appointed Commander of the destroyer HMS Agincourt in 1949 and then Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1952. He took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle in 1954 and then became Flag Officer, Flotillas, Mediterranean in 1955.

He was made Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1957 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1961. His final post was as Commandant of the Imperial Defence College in 1964. He retired in 1966.

In retirement he became Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and later served as Lord-Lieutenant of Hereford and Worcester.

Family
In 1951 he married Rosamund Mary Hornby (later Dame Rosamund Holland-Martin, DBE, DL, Chairman of the NSPCC); the couple had two children, a son and a daughter.