Dudley Burton Napier North

Sir Dudley Burton Napier North (1881 – 15 May 1961) GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG, RN was an Admiral of the Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II. He was relieved of his command on the grounds of his failure, while naval commander at Gibraltar, to challenge a Vichy French naval squadron; this after he had narrowly escaped replacement in response to his earlier objection to the action at Mers-el-Kebir. He was later exonerated of blame. Ludovic Kennedy considers that the failure to challenge the squadron was the fault of people in London, not North.

Honours and decorations

 * Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order 12 June 1947 (KCVO 1937, CVO 1920)
 * Companion of the Order of the Bath 1935
 * Companion of the Order of the Star of India 1922
 * 1919
 * Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) 30 April 1946
 * Commander of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov) (Russia)
 * Croix de Guerre with Palm (France)
 * Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class (Japan)
 * Order of the Nile, 2nd Class (Egypt)
 * Order of Merit (Chile)