Vice-Admiral Sir Peter William Gretton, was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War, and was a successful convoy escort commander. He eventually rose to become Fifth Sea Lord and retired as a vice admiral before entering university life as a bursar and academic.
- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 27, 1912
- Died
- November 11, 1992
