Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser

Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser (born February 5, 1888, Acton, near London—died February 12, 1981, London) was a British admiral in World War II and chief of the naval staff (1948–51). Fraser entered the Royal Navy in 1902 and served as a gunnery officer in World War I. He continued his interest in gunnery after the war and in 1933 became director of naval ordnance. At the start of World War II he was...