Defence Services Secretary
The Defence Services Secretary is a senior member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Defence Services Secretary / Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel Capability) | |
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British Armed Forces Royal Household | |
Abbreviation | DSS |
Reports to | The Monarch Secretary of State for Defence Chief of Defence Staff |
Nominator | Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer | The Monarch |
Formation | 1964 |
First holder | General Sir Rodney Moore |
Responsibilities
The Defence Services Secretary is the senior member of the
Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel).[3]
List of Defence Services Secretaries
Defence Services Secretaries have been:[4]
- CBE, DSO1964–1966
- CB, DSC1966–1967
- 1967–1970
- OBE, MC1970–1972
- KCVO1972–1975
- CBE, AFC1975–1979
- CBE1979–1982
- KCVO1982–1985
- CB1985–1988
- CBE1988–1991
- CVO1991–1994 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) from 1992)
- CBE, AFC1994–1998
- CVO1998–2001 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
- CBE2001–2004 (Director General, Reserve Forces and Cadets as secondary post)
- CVO2004–2005 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
- CVO2005–2007 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
- CVO2007–2010
- OBE2010–2012
- CVO2012–2015 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)
- CBE 2015–2016 (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel and Reserves) as secondary post)[5]
- Major General Eldon Millar, MBE 2022–present (Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (People Capability) as secondary post)[12][10][13]
References
- ^ The Queen and the Armed Services
- ^ Veterans UK Archived 2011-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Central Top Level Budget Archived October 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ministry of Defence & Tri-service senior appointments Archived November 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Army appointment
- ^ Daily Telegraph, 2016, "Air Appointments" The Daily Telegraph 21 July 2016
- ^ "No. 61656". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 July 2016. p. 16088.
- ^ Royal Court Circular, 2019, Buckingham Palace, 27 March 2019
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B2.
- ^ ABC/Reuters, 2022-02-16
- ^ Royal Court Circular, 2022, Windsor Castle,16 February 2022
- ^ Royal Court Circular, 2022, St James Palace, 3 February 2022
- ^ "No. 63640". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 2022. p. 4774.