Adrian Johns

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Johns at his swearing-in ceremony as Governor of Gibraltar, 26 October 2009.
Governor of Gibraltar
In office
26 October 2009 – 13 November 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Chief MinisterPeter Caruana
Fabian Picardo
Preceded bySir Robert Fulton
Succeeded bySir James Dutton
Personal details
Born1 September 1951 (1951-09) (age 72)
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service
Knight of Justice of the Order of St John
Viceregal styles of
Sir Adrian Johns
(2009–2013)
Reference style
His Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency

Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013.[1][2]

Early life and education

Johns was born on 1 September 1951.[3] He was educated at Newquay Grammar School in Cornwall and then Imperial College London, where he studied physics.[4]

Naval career

Johns joined the Royal Navy in 1973. On 1 September 1975, he was promoted to lieutenant, with seniority from 1 January 1975.[5] After his initial postings, Johns trained as a helicopter pilot and then served as a Westland Sea King pilot with 824 Naval Air Squadron aboard HMS Ark Royal. He became a flying instructor in 1979. In 1981, he was given his first command on board HMS Yarnton in Hong Kong and was promoted to lieutenant commander on 16 October 1982.[6] After holding other naval posts, he was promoted to commander on 30 June 1988[7] and then commanded the frigates HMS Juno and HMS Ariadne between 1988 and 1990.[8]

Johns attained the rank of captain on 31 December 1994.[9] Between various appointments at the Ministry of Defence, he held the command of the frigate HMS Campbeltown from 1995 to 1996.[8]

Johns was appointed

Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service, gazetted on 31 October 2003.[11] He relinquished command of the Ocean on his promotion to rear admiral in May 2003.[12]

Johns became

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).[14] He was succeeded as Second Sea Lord by Vice-Admiral Alan Massey in July 2008.[8]

On 9 June 2009, the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Johns would succeed Sir Robert Fulton as Governor of Gibraltar later that year.[15][16] Johns arrived at Gibraltar on board HMS Lancaster and was sworn into the office of Governor of Gibraltar on Monday 26 October 2009.[8] He is a patron of the armed forces career management charity Soldier On![17]

On 2 February 2011, Johns was appointed a

Knight of the Order of St. John, an honour in the personal gift of Her Majesty The Queen.[18]

References

  1. ^ "New swearing in ceremony for Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns". Gibraltar Chronicle. 26 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. ^ "GBC News online report video of Sir Adrian Johns' departure". Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Rock Talk, issue no. 4 (April 2010), page 10" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  4. ^ Gibraltar International Finance and Business
  5. ^ "No. 46674". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 September 1975. p. 11107.
  6. ^ "No. 49136". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 October 1982. p. 13231.
  7. ^ "No. 51406". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 July 1988. p. 7963.
  8. ^ a b c d "Vice-admiral Sir Adrian Johns KCB, CBE—New governor arrives Monday" Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Gibraltar Chronicle, 23 October 2009.
  9. ^ "No. 53902". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1994. p. 53.
  10. ^ "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 5.
  11. ^ "No. 57100". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 October 2003. p. 6.
  12. ^ "No. 57096". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 October 2003. p. 13295.
  13. ^ "No. 57795". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 October 2005. p. 13753.
  14. ^ "No. 58557". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2007. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Change of Governor of Gibraltar (09/06/2009)", Foreign and Commonwealth Office news. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
  16. ^ "Change of Governor for Gibraltar" Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Gibraltar Chronicle, 10 June 2009.
  17. ^ "Our Patrons". Soldier on!. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  18. London Gazette
    , 9 February 2011.

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Preceded by Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
2003–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Second Sea Lord

2005–2008 		Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Gibraltar
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