Admiral Sir Lindsay Sutherland Bryson KCB FRSE FREng FRAeS (22 January 1925 – 24 March 2005) was a Scottish Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.[2]
The son of James McAuslan Bryson and Margaret Whyte, Bryson was born and raised in Glasgow, where he was educated at Allan Glen's School.[3] Bryson joined the Royal Navy in 1942.[4] He served during World War II as an engineering cadet.[4] He commanded the naval engineering training school, HMS Daedalus, and then led the Royal Navy's guided weapons programmes from 1973.[4] He was promoted to vice admiral on 6 July 1979,[5] and appointed Controller of the Navy in 1981 and served in that role during the Falklands War.[4] He retired on 11 Jan 1985.[6]
After leaving the navy he served in 1985 as President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers[7] and as president of the Association for Project Management 1991–95.[8] He was Deputy Chairman of GEC-Marconi from 1987 to 1990.[4] He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex and Brighton and Hove in 1989.[9]
In 1951, he married Averil Curtis-Willson; they had a son and two daughters, one of whom is the actress Ann Bryson.[4] Lady Bryson died in January 2017.[10]