Vice-Admiral Sir Ronald Vernon Brockman KCB CSI CIE CVO CBE KStJ (8 March 1909 – 3 September 1999) was a British senior officer of the Royal Navy.

Sir Ronald was the elder son of Engineer Rear-Admiral Henry Stafford Brockman CB.

Sir Ronald was educated at Weymouth College in Dorset and joined the Royal Navy in 1927[1] as a paymaster cadet (later Supply Officer).

[2] He served as the Assistant Secretary to the First Sea Lord, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse from 1938 to 1939[1] and was promoted to paymaster lieutenant commander on 1 October 1939.

He was made a KStJ in 1985 and among his foreign awards were the Special Rosette of Cloud and Banner (China) 1948,[12] Chevalier Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre with Palm (France) 1950[13] and Bronze Star Medal (USA) 1947.