John Carlill

Rear Admiral John Hildred Carlill OBE (born 24 October 1925) is a former Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Naval career
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Carlill joined the Royal Navy in 1939 and served in World War II in the cruiser HMS Mauritius. He became Secretary to the Flag Officer Naval Air Command, Director of Naval Manning and Training at the Ministry of Defence and then Secretary to the Second Sea Lord. He went on to be President of the Admiralty Inverview Board before becoming Commodore commanding the shore establishment HMS Drake in 1977 and then President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1980 before retiring in 1982.

In retirement he became Secretary of the Engineering Council.