Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet

Air Vice Marshal Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet KBE CB DSO, DL (28 August 1891 – 16 November 1983) was an Air Vice Marshal during World War II and a former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.

RAF career
Bromet attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then served as a Flight Commander in the First World War being commended for his service in Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding No. 1 Squadron RNAS and then No. 8 Squadron RNAS. In 1919 he was commissioned permanently as a Major in the RAF. After commanding the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, he was appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Area in 1931, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East in 1933 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1936.

He served in World War II as Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group before retiring at his own request in 1945.

In 1945 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man and served until 1952.

His second marriage was to Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan Doyle, daughter of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Honours and awards

 * Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire - 14 Jun 1945 (CBE - 17 Mar 1941, OBE - 1 Jan 1919)
 * Companion of the Order of the Bath - 1 Jan 1943
 * Distinguished Service Order – 12 May 1917
 * Mentioned in Despatches - 1 Jan 1941
 * Legion of Honour, Chevalier (France) - 1917
 * Polonia Restituta 2nd Class (Poland) - 12 Jun 1945
 * Order of the White Lion, 2nd Class (Czechoslovakia) - 6 Sep 1946
 * Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) - 17 Aug 1948
 * Deputy Lieutenant of Kent - 1958