Andrew Ridgway
Sir Andrew Ridgway | |
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Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service |
DL (born 20 March 1950) is a former British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
. He was appointed to the latter role for a 5-year term on 14 June 2006 after a long military career.
Early life and education
Ridgway was born on 20 March 1950. He was educated at Hele's School, Exeter, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and St John's College, Cambridge.[1]
Military career
In 1970, Ridgway was commissioned into the
Operation Telic. He is also Colonel of the Royal Tank Regiment (appointed in 1999), Honorary Colonel of Cambridge University Officer Training Corps and the Westminster Dragoons.[5]
Other jobs in Ridgway's career have included running the Army budget as Colonel Army Programmes and posts as First Director of Operational Capability, First Director of Training and Education and Chief of Joint Force Operations.[1]
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey
From 2006 until 2011, Ridgway was
Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey,[6] in the Channel Islands, where he acted as the Queen's representative. Though largely a symbolic and ceremonial appointment, the post of Lieutenant-Governor is the essential link between Jersey and the Crown, as the Channel Islands are not part of the United Kingdom
.
Honours and decorations
Ridgway was appointed a
Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service and the US Defense Intelligence Agency
Award in 2005.
Ridgway was advanced to
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[7]
References
- ^ a b Profile of the Lieutenant Governor Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Green Flash Homepage
- ^ a b Lieutenant Governor officially ready for business BBC
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2004
- ^ C&S (Westminster Dragoons) Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry
- ^ Lieutenant-Governors of Jersey Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine This is Jersey
- ^ "HM The Queen's Birthday Honours List – 2011". The Daily Telegraph. London. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
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