Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, was a Royal Navy officer. He was in command of the submarine HMS E13 when, under attack from German vessels, it ran aground off the Danish coast during the First World War. Despite this incident, he rose to senior command in the Second World War and retired in 1947. His final appointment had been as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
- Occupation
- submariner, theatre director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 20, 1884
- Died
- September 4, 1964
