Janus: The Papers of Vice Admiral Sir (John) Michael Villiers

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The Papers of Vice Admiral Sir (John) Michael Villiers

Title	The Papers of Vice Admiral Sir (John) Michael Villiers
Reference	GBR/0014/VILL
Creator	Villiers, Sir John Michael, 1907-90, Knight, Vice-Admiral
Covering Dates	1881–1968 (The papers of Edward Cecil Villiers date from 1881-1924 and those of Sir (John) Michael Villiers date from 1926-68)
Extent and Medium	3 archives boxes; paper
Repository	Churchill Archives Centre

Content and context

Sir (John) Michael Villiers was the third son of Rear Admiral Edward Cecil Villiers. He served in the Royal Navy during World War Two, being mentioned in despatches and earning the military OBE in 1943. Subsequently he had command of HMS Ursa, 1945, and HMS Snipe, 1946-7; directed staff of Joint Services Staff College, 1948-9; was Assistant Director of Plans Admiralty, 1950-1; Queen's Harbour Master, Malta, 1952-4; in command of HMS Bulwark, 1954-7; Chief of Naval Staff, New Zealand, 1958-60; a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Fourth Sea Lord and Vice-Controller, 1960-3; Lt Governor and Commander in Chief, Jersey, 1964-9.

Naval correspondence, reports and photograph albums relating to the naval career of Villiers and his father, Rear Admiral Edward Cecil Villiers. (Edward Cecil Villiers, 1866-1939, served in Naval Intelligence Depart 1903-1905; he was Captain of the RN College, Greenwich, 1906-1908; of Actæon Torpedo School Ship, 1912; Rear-Admiral retired, 1917; after retirement continued to serve as Rear-Admiral in HMS Actæon until end of the war; commanded the flotillas defending the estuary of the Thames and the Port of London for the whole duration of the War)

0940 - The collection was presented to Churchill Archives Centre by Mrs C Warner and Lady Webster (daughters of Sir Michael Villiers) in March 1993.

The collection is owned by Churchill College, Cambridge.

Access and Use

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives.

Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.

Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of Vice Admiral Sir (John) Michael Villiers, VILL

Further information

A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation at Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge, the National Register of Archives, London and on the Janus website, http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/.

This collection (fonds) level description and catalogue was compiled by Andrew Riley of Churchill Archives Centre in February 2003.

Index Terms

Naval Personnel

Villiers, Edward Cecil (1866-1939) Rear Admiral

Villiers, Sir John Michael (1907-1990) Knight, Vice Admiral

Churchill/VILL contains:

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Papers of Rear Admiral Edward Villiers. Certificates of competency and appoinmtents on a number of naval ships, 1881-1906; correspondence 1899-1924, including photographs and material relating to naval history of World War One, 1881-1924.
1 bundle in folder.

1881–1924

Papers of Vice Admiral Sir Michael Villiers.