John Cunningham (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham
Portrait of Sir John Cunningham by Oswald Birley
Born	(1885-04-13)13 April 1885 Demerara, British Guiana
Died	13 December 1962(1962-12-13) (aged 77) London, United Kingdom
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1900–1948
Rank	Admiral of the fleet
Commands	First Sea Lord Mediterranean Fleet Levant Fleet 1st Cruiser Squadron HMS Resolution HMS Adventure
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in Despatches Legion of Merit (United States) Order of St Olav (Norway) Legion d'honneur (France) Croix de Guerre (France) Order of George I (Greece) War Cross (Greece)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham GCB, MVO, DL (13 April 1885 – 13 December 1962) was a Royal Navy officer. A qualified senior navigator, he became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1930. He saw action as Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet during the Second World War with responsibility for the allied landings at Anzio and in the south of France. He served as First Sea Lord in the late 1940s: his focus was on implementing the Government's policy of scrapping many serviceable ships.