| Honorific Prefix: | Sir |
| Alexander Bingley | |
| Nickname: | Alec |
| Birth Date: | 1905 2, df=yes |
| Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Serviceyears: | 1918–1963 |
| Rank: | Admiral |
| Commands: | Allied Command Channel (1961–63) Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1961–63) Allied Forces Mediterranean (1959–61) Mediterranean Fleet (1959–61) Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers (1958–59) (1952–53) HMS Nabaron (1945) (1944) (1943–44) |
| Battles: | Second World War |
| Awards: | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
Admiral Sir Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley, (15 February 1905 – 28 September 1972) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Allied Command Channel from 1961 to 1963.
Bingley joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1918.[1]
Bingley served in the Second World War on the staff of the commander-in-chief, Home Fleet.[1] He went on to be captain of the aircraft carrier in 1943, of the aircraft carrier in 1944, and of the Mobile Naval Air Base HMS Nabaron in 1945.[1]
After the war, Bingley was appointed deputy director of air warfare.[1] He went on to be chief of staff to the flag officer (air) and then commander of the aircraft carrier in 1952.[1] He was appointed Fifth Sea Lord and deputy chief of Naval Staff (Air) in 1954 and Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers in 1958.[1] He was made commander-in-chief, Mediterranean Fleet and NATO commander Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1959 and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel in 1961; he retired in 1963.[1]
Bingley married Juliet Martin Vick in 1948. After his death she resumed her career as a social worker after a gap of 28 years, and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1970. They had three children,[2] and lived at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire.[3]
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