Defence Services Secretary

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The Defence Services Secretary is a senior member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Responsibilities

The Defence Services Secretary is the senior member of the Royal Household responsible for liaison between the Sovereign and the British Armed Forces.[1] They are answerable to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff for tri-service appointments, national ceremonial events and honours, decorations, awards and medals.[2] From 1992 the Defence Services Secretary has been double-hatted with a second Ministry of Defence role, generally that of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel).[3]

List of Defence Services Secretaries

Defence Services Secretaries have been:[4]

  • General Sir Rodney Moore, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1964–1966
  • Vice Admiral Sir Ian Hogg, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1966–1967
  • Air Vice-Marshal Sir Alan Boxer, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1967–1970
  • Major General Sir Chandos Blair, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1970–1972
  • Rear Admiral Sir Ronald Forrest, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1972–1975
  • Air Vice-Marshal Sir Brian Stanbridge, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1975–1979
  • Rear Admiral Sir Leslie Townsend, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1979–1982
  • Major General Sir Michael Palmer, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1982–1985
  • Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1985–1988
  • Rear Admiral Sir David Allen, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1988–1991
  • Major General Brian Pennicott, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1991–1994 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) from 1992)
  • Air Vice-Marshal Peter Harding, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1994–1998
  • Rear Admiral Rodney Lees, Script error: No such module "If empty". 1998–2001 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
  • Major General Christopher Elliot, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2001–2004 (Director General, Reserve Forces and Cadets as secondary post)
  • Air Vice-Marshal David Pocock, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2004–2005 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
  • Rear Admiral Peter Wilkinson, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2005–2007 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
  • Major General Matthew Sykes, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2007–2010
  • Air Vice-Marshal David Murray, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2010–2012
  • Rear Admiral Simon Williams, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2012–2015 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
  • Major-General Richard Nugee, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2015–2016 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)[5]
  • Air Vice-Marshal Garry Tunnicliffe, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2016–2019 (Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel Capability) as secondary post)[6][7]
  • Rear Admiral James Macleod, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2019-2022 (Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel Capability) as secondary post)[8][9][10][11]
  • Major General Eldon Millar, Script error: No such module "If empty". 2022–2024 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability) as secondary post)[12][10][13]
  • Major General Lisa Keetley 2024–present (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability) as secondary post)

References

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  1. ↑ The Queen and the Armed Services
  2. ↑ Veterans UK Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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  4. ↑ Ministry of Defence & Tri-service senior appointments Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  5. ↑ Army appointment
  6. ↑ Daily Telegraph, 2016, "Air Appointments" The Daily Telegraph 21 July 2016
  7. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  8. ↑ Royal Court Circular, 2019, Buckingham Palace, 27 March 2019
  9. ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".
  10. ↑ a b Queen Elizabeth II makes first appearance since Prince Charles's COVID diagnosis, ABC/Reuters, 2022-02-16
  11. ↑ Royal Court Circular, 2022, Windsor Castle,16 February 2022
  12. ↑ Royal Court Circular, 2022, St James Palace, 3 February 2022
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