Vice Admiral Sir Cecil Ponsonby Talbot KCB KBE DSO & Bar (31 August 1884 – 17 March 1970) was a senior Royal Navy officer.

Born on 31 August 1884 and educated at Bedford School, Talbot served in the Royal Navy during the First World War becoming commanding officer of the submarine HMS J5 in May 1916 and of the former passenger ship HMS Ambrose in September 1918.

[3] Talbot became Director of Dockyards at the Admiralty in 1937 and continued in that role throughout Second World War until he retired in 1946.

[4] He was invested Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1939 Birthday Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1947 Birthday Honours.

An account of his life can be seen on the www.maritimequest.com website[1] In 1912 Talbot married Bridget Bradshaw; they had three sons and one daughter.