Vice Admiral Sir Norman Ross Dutton King KBE (19 March 1933 – 6 March 2013) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.

Born the son of Sir Norman King KCMG (former British Consul in Dar es Salaam)[1] and educated at Fonthill School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, King was given command of the frigate HMS Leopard in 1967.

[2] He went on to be Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord in 1975 and to command the destroyer HMS Newcastle in 1979.

[2] He became Naval Secretary in 1987 and Chief of Staff to the Commander Allied Naval Forces Southern Europe in 1988, with the promotion to vice admiral on 10 March 1988,[3] before retiring in 1991.

[4] In 1967 he married Patricia Rosemary Furber; they have two daughters, Annabelle and Melissa.