Surgeon Rear Admiral P.D. Gordon Pugh OBE, FRCS was born in Carshalton, Surrey and educated at Lancing College and Jesus College, Cambridge before pursuing a successful career in the Royal Navy eventually rising to the rank of Surgeon Rear Admiral. He is the father of Lewis Gordon Pugh. He was a prolific collector of naval ceramics and the benefactor of The Pugh Collection of Victorian Staffordshire Figures. He is a published author.