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As Argentina threatened the Falklands in 1982, Sir Henry Leach, chief of the naval staff, told Prime Minister Thatcher , “I can put together a task force of destroyers, frigates, landing craft and support vessels. It…
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About Henry Leach
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, 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".
Everything about Henry Leach →- Position held
- First Sea Lord
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- November 18, 1923
- Died
- April 26, 2011