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service</th><td class="infobox-data">1958–1998</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vice-Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_Fleet" title="Commander-in-Chief Fleet">Commander-in-Chief Fleet</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Scotland_and_Northern_Ireland" title="Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland">Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland</a><br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Dryad_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Dryad (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Dryad</i></a><br /><a 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Victorian Order</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> (United States)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Admiral (Royal Navy)">Admiral</a> <b>Sir John Cunningham Kirkwood Slater</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">GCB</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order">LVO</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span> (born 27 March 1938), known as <b>Jock Slater</b>, is a retired <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> officer. He commanded a <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minesweeper (ship)">minesweeper</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> and then a <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> before taking over the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R06)" title="HMS Illustrious (R06)">HMS <i>Illustrious</i></a> and then achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1995 to 1998: in that capacity he played a key role in the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_Review" title="Strategic Defence Review">Strategic Defence Review</a> carried out by the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> Government that had come to power a year earlier. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jock_Slater&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slater was the son of <a href="/wiki/James_Kirkwood_Slater" title="James Kirkwood Slater">James Kirkwood Slater</a> and Margaret Claire Byrom Bramwell, daughter of Dr <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Bramwell" title="Edwin Bramwell">Edwin Bramwell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slater was educated in his early years at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Academy" title="Edinburgh Academy">Edinburgh Academy</a> before attending <a href="/wiki/Sedbergh_School" title="Sedbergh School">Sedbergh School</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College" title="Britannia Royal Naval College">Royal Naval College, Dartmouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Slater is a great nephew of <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cunningham,_1st_Viscount_Cunningham_of_Hyndhope" title="Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope">Admiral of the Fleet The Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope</a> who served as First Sea Lord during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_career">Naval career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jock_Slater&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Naval career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Slater joined the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Cadet" title="Cadet">cadet</a> in 1956 and was confirmed in the rank of <a href="/wiki/Sub_lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sub lieutenant">sub lieutenant</a> on 1 January 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his early career he served in the <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Troubridge_(R00)" title="HMS Troubridge (R00)">HMS <i>Troubridge</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper_(ship)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minesweeper (ship)">minesweeper</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Yaxham_(M2780)" title="HMS Yaxham (M2780)">HMS <i>Yaxham</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_yacht" title="Royal yacht">Royal Yacht</a> <a href="/wiki/HMY_Britannia" title="HMY Britannia">HMY <i>Britannia</i></a> and the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cassandra_(R62)" title="HMS Cassandra (R62)">HMS <i>Cassandra</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965 he was given command of the minesweeper <a href="/wiki/Ton-class_minesweeper" title="Ton-class minesweeper">HMS <i>Soberton</i></a>, which he commanded on fishery protection duties,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before specialising in <a href="/wiki/Navigation" title="Navigation">navigation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was posted to the shore establishment <a href="/wiki/HMS_Dryad_(shore_establishment)" title="HMS Dryad (shore establishment)">HMS <i>Dryad</i></a> later that year and then served in the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Victorious_(R38)" title="HMS Victorious (R38)">HMS <i>Victorious</i></a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Scarborough_(F63)" title="HMS Scarborough (F63)">HMS <i>Scarborough</i></a> over the next two years.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slater became an <a href="/wiki/Equerry" title="Equerry">Equerry</a> to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">the Queen</a> on 12 October 1968<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, having been promoted to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander" title="Lieutenant commander">lieutenant commander</a> on 22 October 1968,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> his services were recognised when he was made a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order">Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order</a> on 15 October 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following promotion to <a href="/wiki/Commander" title="Commander">commander</a> on 31 December 1971,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was given command of the frigate <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jupiter_(F60)" title="HMS Jupiter (F60)">HMS <i>Jupiter</i></a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was posted to the Directorate of Naval Operations at the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence</a> in 1973 and, following promotion to <a href="/wiki/Captain_(Royal_Navy)" title="Captain (Royal Navy)">captain</a> on 30 June 1976,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was given command of the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Kent_(D12)" title="HMS Kent (D12)">HMS <i>Kent</i></a> in August of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies" title="Royal College of Defence Studies">Royal College of Defence Studies</a> in 1978 and then became assistant director of Naval Warfare at the Ministry of Defence in 1979.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to become the first commanding officer of the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R06)" title="HMS Illustrious (R06)">HMS <i>Illustrious</i></a> in May 1981 and then became Captain at the School of Maritime Operations and Commander of HMS <i>Dryad</i> in July 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg/220px-HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg/330px-HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg/440px-HMS_Illustrious_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="569" /></a><figcaption>The aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(R06)" title="HMS Illustrious (R06)">HMS <i>Illustrious</i></a> which Slater commanded in the early 1980s</figcaption></figure> <p>Slater was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">rear admiral</a> on 18 June 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on appointment as <a href="/wiki/Assistant_Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff" title="Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff">Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff</a> (Policy and Nuclear), and then promoted to <a href="/wiki/Vice_admiral" title="Vice admiral">vice admiral</a> on 20 October 1987,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on appointment as <a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Scotland,_Northern_England,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland">Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> Commander Northern Sub-Area Eastern Atlantic, NATO Commander Nore Sub-Area Channel and Commander <a href="/wiki/Rosyth_Dockyard" title="Rosyth Dockyard">HM Naval Base Rosyth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Appointed a <a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> in the 1988 <a href="/wiki/Birthday_Honours" title="Birthday Honours">Birthday Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he went on to be <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Chief of Fleet Support</a> in March 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to full <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admiral</a> on appointment as <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_Fleet" title="Commander-in-Chief Fleet">Commander-in-Chief Fleet</a> as well as <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic in January 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Advanced to <a href="/wiki/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath</a> in the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Birthday_Honours" title="Birthday Honours">Birthday Honours</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he became <a href="/wiki/Vice-Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff</a> in January 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Slater was appointed <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> and Chief of the Naval Staff in July 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that capacity he played a key role in the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_Review" title="Strategic Defence Review">Strategic Defence Review</a> carried out by the incoming <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> Government.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired in December 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jock_Slater&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In retirement Slater has served as a Non-Executive Director of <a href="/wiki/VT_Group" title="VT Group">VT Group</a> and of <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_UK" title="Lockheed Martin UK">Lockheed Martin UK</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also been Chairman of the executive committee of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution" title="Royal National Lifeboat Institution">Royal National Lifeboat Institution</a>, Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785, Chairman of the Trustees of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a> and Chairman of the Council of Management of the White Ensign Association.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been a <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">Deputy Lieutenant</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hampshire" title="Hampshire">Hampshire</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> an Elder Brother of <a href="/wiki/Trinity_House" title="Trinity House">Trinity House</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Livery_Company#Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="Livery Company">Prime Warden</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Shipwrights" title="Worshipful Company of Shipwrights">Shipwrights' Company</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freeman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His other interests mostly include outdoor activities.<sup id="cite_ref-WW_1-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WW-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jock_Slater&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1972 Slater married Ann Frances, daughter of William Scott OBE DL, by whom he has two sons (Charles and Rory).<sup 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succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #CF9C65;">Military offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Vallings" title="George Vallings">Sir George Vallings</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer_Scotland,_Northern_England,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland">Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland</a> </b><br />1987–1989 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Livesay" title="Michael Livesay">Sir Michael Livesay</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="4">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bathurst_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Benjamin Bathurst</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Sea_Lord" title="Fourth Sea Lord">Chief of Fleet Support</a> </b><br />1989–1991 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Neville_Purvis" title="Neville Purvis">Sir Neville Purvis</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief_Fleet" title="Commander-in-Chief Fleet">Commander-in-Chief Fleet</a> </b><br />1991–1992 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Hugo_White" title="Hugo White">Sir Hugo White</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Vice-Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)">Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff</a> </b><br />1993–1995 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Willis_(RAF_officer)" title="John Willis (RAF officer)">Sir John Willis</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/First_Sea_Lord" title="First Sea Lord">First Sea Lord</a> </b><br />1995–1998 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Boyce,_Baron_Boyce" title="Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce">Sir Michael Boyce</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFF157;">Honorary titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gilbert_(RAF_officer)" title="Joseph Gilbert (RAF officer)">Sir Joseph Gilbert</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trustees">Board of Trustees</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a> </b><br />2001–2006 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Squire" title="Peter Squire">Sir Peter Squire</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/John_Chicheley" title="John Chicheley">Sir John Chicheley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Orford" title="Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford">Edward Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Priestman_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Henry Priestman (Royal Navy officer)">Henry Priestman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Russell,_1st_Earl_of_Orford" title="Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford">Earl of Orford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Rooke" title="George Rooke">Sir George Rooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leake" title="John Leake">Sir John Leake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington" title="George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington">Sir George Byng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leake" title="John Leake">Sir John Leake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington" title="George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington">Sir George Byng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Aylmer,_1st_Baron_Aylmer" title="Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer">Matthew Aylmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Torrington" title="George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington">Sir George Byng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jennings_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Jennings (Royal Navy officer)">Sir John Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Norris_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Norris (Royal Navy officer)">Sir John Norris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wager" title="Charles Wager">Sir Charles Wager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Archibald_Hamilton" title="Lord Archibald Hamilton">Lord Archibald Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Powlett,_4th_Duke_of_Bolton" title="Harry Powlett, 4th Duke of Bolton">Lord Harry Powlett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Archibald_Hamilton" title="Lord Archibald Hamilton">Lord Archibald Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vere_Beauclerk,_1st_Baron_Vere" title="Vere Beauclerk, 1st Baron Vere">Lord Vere Beauclerk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson" title="George Anson, 1st Baron Anson">Lord Anson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rowley_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)">Sir William Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rowley_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="William Rowley (Royal Navy officer)">Sir William Rowley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)">John Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe" title="Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe">Earl Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Saunders_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Charles Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Keppel,_1st_Viscount_Keppel" title="Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel">Augustus Keppel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peircy_Brett" title="Peircy Brett">Sir Peircy Brett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Holburne" title="Francis Holburne">Sir Francis Holburne</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/75px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/113px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/150px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">First Naval Lords (1771–1904)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Hervey,_3rd_Earl_of_Bristol" title="Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol">Augustus Hervey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Palliser" title="Hugh Palliser">Sir Hugh Palliser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Man" title="Robert Man">Robert Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Darby" title="George Darby">George Darby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Harland,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Harland, 1st Baronet">Sir Robert Harland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Pigot_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1722)" title="Hugh Pigot (Royal Navy officer, born 1722)">Sir Hugh Pigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leveson-Gower_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Leveson-Gower (Royal Navy officer)">John Leveson-Gower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood" title="Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood">Lord Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Middleton,_1st_Baron_Barham" title="Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham">Sir Charles Middleton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Troubridge,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Troubridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Markham_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Markham (Royal Navy officer)">John Markham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Gambier,_1st_Baron_Gambier" title="James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier">James Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Bickerton,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Bickerton, 2nd Baronet">Sir Richard Bickerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Domett" title="William Domett">William Domett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sydney_Yorke" title="Joseph Sydney Yorke">Sir Joseph Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Moore_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Graham Moore (Royal Navy officer)">Sir Graham Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Johnstone_Hope" title="William Johnstone Hope">Sir William Johnstone Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hardy,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Hardy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Dundas_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Dundas (Royal Navy officer)">The Hon. George Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Sir Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Cockburn,_10th_Baronet" title="Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet">Sir George Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Parker,_1st_Baronet,_of_Shenstone" title="Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone">Sir William Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Adam" title="Charles Adam">Sir Charles Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Whitley_Deans_Dundas" title="James Whitley Deans Dundas">Sir James Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_FitzHardinge" title="Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge">The Hon. Maurice Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyde_Parker_(Royal_Navy_officer,_born_1784)" title="Hyde Parker (Royal Navy officer, born 1784)">Hyde Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Berkeley,_1st_Baron_FitzHardinge" title="Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge">The Hon. Maurice Berkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Saunders_Dundas" title="Richard Saunders Dundas">The Hon. Sir Richard Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Martin,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet">William Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Saunders_Dundas" title="Richard Saunders Dundas">The Hon. Sir Richard Dundas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Grey" title="Frederick Grey">The Hon. Sir Frederick Grey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Milne,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet">Sir Alexander Milne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Dacres" title="Sydney Dacres">Sir Sydney Dacres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Milne,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet">Sir Alexander Milne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hastings_Yelverton" title="Hastings Yelverton">Sir Hastings Yelverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wellesley" title="George Wellesley">Sir George Wellesley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astley_Cooper_Key" title="Astley Cooper Key">Sir Astley Key</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hood,_1st_Baron_Hood_of_Avalon" title="Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon">Sir Arthur Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_John_Hay_(Royal_Navy_admiral_of_the_fleet)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord John Hay (Royal Navy admiral of the fleet)">Lord John Hay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hood,_1st_Baron_Hood_of_Avalon" title="Arthur Hood, 1st Baron Hood of Avalon">Sir Arthur Hood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vesey_Hamilton" title="Richard Vesey Hamilton">Sir Richard Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hoskins" title="Anthony Hoskins">Sir Anthony Hoskins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Richards" title="Frederick Richards">Sir Frederick Richards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Walter_Kerr" title="Lord Walter Kerr">Lord Walter Kerr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">First Sea Lords (1904–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher" title="John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher">Sir John Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Arthur_Wilson,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Arthur Wilson, 3rd Baronet">Sir Arthur Wilson</a></li> <li><a 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