appointed to the staff of the C-in-C Home Fleet from September 1945, the task of fleet navigator carrying the ancient title of Master of the Fleet. He was promoted to commander in 1947 and sent to Washington D.C. as staff officer (plans) in the British Joint Services Mission until 1949. Command of the destroyer followed, his ship being noted for her good spirit and efficient gunnery. He was then selected as staff officer (plans) and fleet navigating officer in the Mediterranean where Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma appointed him as special assistant to the newly created Chief of NATO's Allied Staff. On his promotion to captain, Mountbatten wrote of him: 'He was doing a job originally intended for captain's rank and doing it brilliantly'. After another staff tour in Washington and at the Admiralty, Hogg was appointed to Cyprus as the senior naval officer. Flag-rank assignments Hogg was promoted to rear-admiral in 1962, and was Flag Officer, Medway and Admiral Superintendent Chatham Dockyard. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1964. As a vice admiral he was the Defence Services Secretary from 1966 to 1967, managing the relationship between the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Family and also maintaining the balance of appointments of senior officers to tri-service "defence department" posts—those posts which are rotated between the services. His final tour was as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff during a difficult period of retrenchment in the defence sector. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and retired in 1970. Retirement and last years From 1971 until 1974 Hogg was the Comptroller of the Royal Society of St George, an institution founded in 1894 with the object of promoting the English way of life. He died on 2 March 2003, aged 91. References |- 1911 births 2003 deaths People from Camberley People educated at Cheltenham College Royal Navy officers of World War II Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy vice admirals Military personnel from Surrey