Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies
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The Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies
was a UK senior serving military officer between 1972 and 2001. The post rotated through the three branches of the armed forces in turn. In 1971 the old Imperial Defence College became the Royal College of Defence Studies. In 1991, the post was downgraded to three-star, and then in 2001, it was opened up to competition through public advertisement. Subsequent incumbents have as yet both been senior retired military officers.
Commandant of the Imperial Defence College
Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies
Royal College of Defence Studies
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was a UK senior serving military officer between 1972 and 2001. The post rotated through the three branches of the armed forces in turn. In 1971 the old Imperial Defence College became the Royal College of Defence Studies. In 1991, the post was downgraded to three-star, and then in 2001, it was opened up to competition through public advertisement. Subsequent incumbents have as yet both been senior retired military officers.
Commandants
Commandants have included:Commandant of the Imperial Defence College
- Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert RichmondHerbert RichmondAdmiral Sir Herbert William Richmond KCB was a prominent naval officer, who also served as Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at Cambridge University and Master of Downing College, Cambridge...
KCB (1926) - Major-General William BartholomewWilliam BartholomewGeneral Sir William Henry Bartholomew GCB CMG DSO ADC was a British General during the Second World War and former Colonel Commandant to the Royal Artillery.-Army career:...
GCB CMG DSO (1929) - Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Sir Robert Brooke-PophamRobert Brooke-PophamAir Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. During World War I he served in the Royal Flying Corps as wing commander and senior staff officer...
GCVO KCB CMG DSO AFC (1931) - Vice-Admiral Sir Lionel PrestonLionel PrestonAdmiral Sir Lionel George Preston KCB was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.-Naval career:Preston joined the Royal Navy as a cadet aboard HMS Britannia in 1888...
KCB (1933) - Major-General Robert HainingRobert HainingGeneral Sir Robert Hadden Haining KCB DSO was a British General who served during World War II.-Military career:Robert Haining was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1901...
CB DSO (1935) - Air Marshal Sir Arthur LongmoreArthur LongmoreAir Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore GCB, DSO was an early naval aviator, before reaching high rank in the Royal Air Force.-Biography:...
KCB DSO (1937) - Vice Admiral Hugh BinneyHugh BinneyAdmiral Sir Thomas Hugh Binney, KCB, KCMG, DSO was a British naval officer and administrator who was Governor of Tasmania from 1945 to 1953.-Early life:...
CB DSO (1939)
- Note: The post was vacant during World War II
- General Sir William SlimWilliam Slim, 1st Viscount SlimField Marshal William Joseph "Bill"'Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, KStJ was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia....
GBE KCB DSO, MC (1946) - Air Chief Marshal Sir John SlessorJohn SlessorMarshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor GCB, DSO, MC was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force . A pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I, he held operational commands in World War II and served in the RAF's most senior post, Chief of the Air Staff, from 1950 to...
KCB DSO MC (1948) - Admiral Sir Charles DanielCharles Daniel (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir Charles Saumarez Daniel KCB CBE DSO was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy.-Naval career:...
KCB CBE DSO (1949) - General Sir Frank SimpsonFrank Simpson (British Army officer)General Sir Frank Ernest Wallace Simpson GBE KCB DSO was a British Army General during the 1940s.-Military career:Educated at Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Frank Simpson was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1916...
GBE KCB DSO (1952) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur SandersArthur Sanders (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders GCB KBE RAF was a Royal Flying Corps pilot during World War I and a senior Royal Air Force commander during World War II and the immediate post-war years.-RAF career:...
GCB KBE (1954) - Admiral The Hon Sir Guy Russell GBE KCB DSO (1956)
- General Sir Geoffrey BourneGeoffrey Bourne, Baron BourneGeneral Geoffrey Kemp Bourne, Baron Bourne GCB, KBE, CMG was a British soldier.-Military career:Commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1923, Bourne served in Hong Kong from 1930 to 1932, in Gibraltar from 1933 and 1934, in the Staff College, Camberley in 1935 and 1936, and in Colchester in 1937...
KCB KBE CMG (1958) - Sir Robert ScottRobert Heatlie ScottSir Robert Heatlie Scott GCMG CBE was a British civil servant who became Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.-Career:...
GCMG CBE (1960) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh ConstantineHugh ConstantineAir Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Alex Constantine KBE CB DSO was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Flying Training Command.-RAF career:...
KBE CB DSO (1961) - Admiral Sir Deric Holland-MartinDeric Holland-MartinAdmiral Sir Douglas Eric "Deric" Holland-Martin GCB DSO DSC was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.-Naval career:Educated at West Downs School, Holland-Martin joined the Royal Navy in 1920...
GCB DSO DSC (1964) - General Sir John AndersonJohn Anderson (British Army officer)General Sir John D'Arcy Anderson GBE KCB DSO was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1960s.-Military career:Anderson was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1929...
GBE KCB DSO (1966) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Donald EvansDonald Randall EvansAir Chief Marshal Sir Donald Randell Evans KBE CB DFC was an innovator in night fighting tactics in World War II and conducted the signals planning for the Sicily and Normandy invasions.-Early life:...
KBE CB DFC (1968) - The Hon Alastair BuchanAlastair Francis BuchanThe Hon. Alastair Francis Buchan CBE was a leading writer on defence studies in the 1970s.-Career:Born the son of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir and educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford, Buchan joined the Canadian Army and saw active service in World War II...
CBE (1970)
- General Sir William Slim
Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- General Sir Mervyn Butler KCB CBE DSO MC (1972)
- General Sir Antony ReadAnthony Read (British Army officer)General Sir John Antony Jervis Read GCB, CBE, DSO, MC was a senior British Army officer who became Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:...
GCB CBE DSO MC ADC (Gen) (1973) - Air Chief Marshal Sir John BarracloughJohn Barraclough (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC was a World War II pilot who went on to become Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.-RAF career:...
KCB CBE DFC AFC (1974) - Admiral Sir Ian EastonIan EastonAdmiral Sir Ian Easton KCB DSC was a Royal Navy officer who held various command positions in the 1970s.-Naval career:Easton joined the Royal Navy in 1931 and qualified as a pilot at the start of World War II in which he saw active service on aircraft carriers...
KCB DSC (1976) - General Sir David FraserDavid William FraserGeneral Sir David William Fraser, GCB, OBE is a retired British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Military career:...
KCB OBE ADC (Gen) (1978) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert FreerRobert FreerAir Chief Marshal Sir Robert William George Freer GBE KCB is a former Royal Air Force officer who became Deputy Commander of RAF Strike Command.-RAF career:...
GBE KCB (1980) - Admiral Sir William PillarWilliam PillarAdmiral Sir William Thomas Pillar GBE KCB was Chief of Naval Support and a member of the Admiralty.-Naval career:...
GBE KCB (1982) - General Sir Michael GowMichael Gow (British Army officer)General Sir James Michael Gow GCB is a retired British Army General who reached high office in the 1980s.-Military career:Educated at Winchester College, Gow was commissioned into the Scots Guards during World War II...
GCB, ADC (Gen) (1984) - Admiral Sir David HallifaxDavid HallifaxAdmiral Sir David John Hallifax, KCB KCVO KBE, was Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle from 1988 until 1992.-Naval career:...
KCB KBE (1986) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael ArmitageMichael Armitage (RAF officer)Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael John Armitage KCB CBE is a former senior Royal Air Force commander.-RAF career:Educated at Newport Grammar School on the Isle of Wight, Armitage joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice at RAF Halton in 1947. He was appointed Officer Commanding No. 17 Squadron in...
KCB CBE (1988) - General Sir Antony WalkerAnthony Walker (British Army officer)General Sir Anthony Kenneth Frederick Walker KCB is a former British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Military career:...
KCB (1990) - Vice Admiral Sir John CowardJohn Coward (Royal Navy officer)Vice Admiral Sir John Francis Coward KCB DSO is a former Royal Navy officer who became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Naval career:...
KCB DSO (1992) - Air Marshal Lord GardenTimothy Garden, Baron GardenAir Marshal Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, KCB, FRAeS, FRUSI, FCGI was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and later became a university professor and a Liberal Democrat politician....
KCB (1994) - Lieutenant General Sir Scott GrantScott GrantLieutenant General Sir Scott Carnegie Grant KCB is a former Quartermaster-General to the Forces.-Military career:Educated at The King's School, Pontefract, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Clare College, Cambridge, Scott Grant was commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1965.He...
CB (1996) - Vice Admiral John McAnallyJohn McAnallyVice Admiral John Henry Stuart McAnally CB LVO is a former Royal Navy officer who became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Naval career:...
CB LVO (1998) - Lieutenant General Sir Christopher Wallace KBE (2001)
- Admiral Sir Ian GarnettIan GarnettAdmiral Sir Ian David Graham Garnett KCB is the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Early life:Born in Surrey, England, he was the son of Capt Ian Garnett, of the Royal Navy. He attended the independent Canford School near Wimborne Minster, Dorset...
KCB (2005) - Vice Admiral Charles StyleCharles StyleVice Admiral Charles Style CBE is a Royal Navy officer and the current Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.-Naval career:...
CBE (2008)