Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope , 1883-1963, British admiral. A long-seasoned naval officer—he fought in the South African War and World War I—Cunningham was (1939-42) commander in the Mediterranean, which he kept open to the British. He was later naval commander in the expedition against N Africa (1942-43), commander in chief of the Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean (1943), and first sea lord and chief of the naval staff (1943-46). He retired and was created viscount in 1946. Bibliography: See his memoirs, A Sailor's Odyssey (1951); biography...
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