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Rear-Admiral Wilfred Jackson Graham CB, is a former Royal Navy officer who also served as Director of the RNLI.

Early Life
He is the son of the late William and Jean Graham (née Jackson). He was educated at Rossall School in Lancashire before joining the Royal Navy as an officer cadet in 1943.

Naval Career
As a young officer, Graham specialised in Gunnery and was promoted to Commander in 1960 and Captain in 1967. He attended the Imperial Service College in 1970. Graham took command of HMS Ark Royal in 1976 and featured in the BBC Television Documentary Sailor (TV Series). He later became Flag Officer Portsmouth before retiring from the Royal Navy in 1979. Graham was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1979.

Later Life
Graham became the Director and Secretary of the RNLI in 1979. He retired in 1987 and was made a Fellow of the Nautical Institute in the same year. He is also a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.

Family
In 1951, Graham married Gillian Mary Finlayson (d.2004), he has three sons and one daughter.