Richard_Louis_Ormond
Richard Louis Ormond CBE (born 16 January 1939) is the former Director of the National Maritime Museum (1986–2000).[1] He was the Assistant Keeper and later Deputy Director of the National Portrait Gallery.[1] He served as the Chairman of the Trustees of the Watts Gallery from 1987 to 2019.[2] He is also the Chairman of the Friends of Leighton House and a trustee of the Mariners Museum in Newport News, Virginia. In addition, he is an author and biographer.