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| | HighBeam Encyclopedia - Cunningham, Andrew Browne, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | CUNNINGHAM, ANDREW BROWNE, 1ST VISCOUNT CUNNINGHAM OF HYNDHOPE [Cunningham, Andrew Browne, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope], 1883-1963, British admiral. |
 | | A long-seasoned naval officer—he fought in the South African War and World War I—Cunningham was (1939-42) commander in the Mediterranean, which he kept open to the British. |
 | | He was later naval commander in the expedition against N Africa (1942-43), commander in chief of the Allied naval forces in the Mediterranean (1943), and first sea lord and chief of the naval staff (1943-46). |
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