Vice Admiral Sir Richard Tobias Frere KCB (born Frere-Reeves; 4 June 1938 – 5 March 2020[2]) was a Royal Navy officer who ended his career as Chief of Fleet Support.

Frere was born in London, the son of publisher Alexander Stuart Frere-Reeves CBE and Patricia Marion Caldecott Wallace.

[4] He was named after his great-grandfather Henry Tobias Frere, a first-class cricketer.

[6] During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, as a submariner based at Halifax, he was involved in setting up a barrier patrol with American air support off Newfoundland.

[6] Promoted to Rear-Admiral, he was appointed Director-General, Fleet Support (Policy & Services) in 1988[8] and then Flag Officer, Submarines and Commander Submarines for the Eastern Atlantic in 1991[9] before becoming Chief of Fleet Support in 1994 and retiring in 1997.