Henry Leach

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach GCB DL
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach in 1972
Born	(1923-11-18)18 November 1923 Newton Abbot, Devon
Died	26 April 2011(2011-04-26) (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1937–1982
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands	First Sea Lord Commander-in-Chief Fleet Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff First Flotilla HMS Albion HMS Galatea HMS Dunkirk
Battles / wars	Second World War Korean War Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Falklands War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Relations	John Leach (father)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, GCB, DL (18 November 1923 – 26 April 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who, as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff during the early 1980s, was instrumental in convincing the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that retaking the Falkland Islands from Argentina was feasible. On account of the determination he showed in the matter, journalist and political commentator Andrew Marr described him as Thatcher's "knight in shining gold braid".^[1]