Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Maxwell Compston KCB (12 September 1915 – 20 August 2000) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

[3] He was appointed Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Orwell in 1955, naval attaché in Paris in 1960 and Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious in 1962.

[3] Victorious was under Compston's command during service in the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.

[3] He was promoted to rear admiral on 7 January 1965,[4] went on to be naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1965, Flag Officer Flotillas Western Fleet in 1967 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1968.

[2] In 1939 he married Valerie Marjorie Bocquet; they had one son and one daughter.