Commodore James Dalgleish CBE (1891–1964) served as the Chief of the Seaward Defence Force,[1] which later became the South African Navy.

[2] He was born in Edinburgh on 8 July 1891, the eldest son of John Dalgleish and his wife Jessie Norrie.

After demobilisation he served as a navigation officer on a survey vessel before being transferred to the hydrographic section of the South African Naval Service.

[3] He became director of the Seaward Defence Force on 28 March 1941 after the death of Rear Admiral Guy Hallifax and was promoted to the rank of captain.

This biographical article related to the South African military is a stub.