Sir Geoffrey Rhodes Bromet, Kt.
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Air Vice Marshal, KBE CB DSO. He was an Air Vice Marshal during World War II and a former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man. He attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and then served as a Flight Commander in the First World War being commended for his service in Gallipoli in 1915 and later commanding No. 1 Squadron RNAS and then No. 8 Squadron RNAS. In 1919 he was commissioned permanently as a Major in the RAF. After commanding the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, he was appointed Senior Engineering Staff Officer at Headquarters Coastal Area in 1931, Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Middle East in 1933 and Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters RAF Coastal Command in 1936. He served in World War II as Air Officer Commanding No. 19 Group and then as Air Officer Commanding No. 247 Group before retiring at his own request in 1945. In 1945 he was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man and served until 1952. His second marriage was to Air Commandant Dame Jean Conan Doyle, daughter of Arthur Conan Doyle.