‘SAM’ Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord Elworthy: A Biography
By Richard Mead
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His meteoric rise continued post-war. Switching to Fighter Command he saw service in India, Pakistan, and the UK before becoming Commandant of the RAF Staff College. By 1960 he was tri-service C-in-C Middle East and his actions prevented the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.
As Chief of Air Staff and Chief of defense Staff in the 1960s he fought the Services’ corner at a difficult political and economic time. He secured the long term future of the RAF, whose very existence was threatened. A hugely respected figure, he became a life peer, Knight of the Garter and Constable of Windsor Castle. He died in 1993 in his native New Zealand.
This long overdue biography attempts successfully to do justice to a man of great stature, integrity and achievement.
Richard Mead
Richard Mead was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He has written 'General ‘Boy’: The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning' and 'The Last Great Cavalryman: The Life of General Sir Richard McCreery', 'Commander Eighty Army', 'The Men Behind Monty' and 'Commando General – The Life of Sir Robert Laycock', all in print with Pen and Sword Military.Richard and his wife live in Gloucestershire and he has two grown-up sons.
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