# Roger Backhouse

> Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse, was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War as a cruiser commander and after the war became a battle squadron commander and later Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. Becoming First Sea Lord in November 1938, his major contribution in that role was to abandon the official British policy of sending a major fleet to Singapore to deter Japanese aggression, realising the immediate threat was closer to home and that such a policy was no longer viable. He died from a brain tumour in July 1939 just before the outbreak of the Second World War.

*Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1878-1939)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1878-11-24
- **Died:** 1939-07-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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