Philip Jones (Royal Navy officer)
Sir Philip Jones | |
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Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
First Sea Lord
from April 2016 to June 2019.
Early life and education
Jones was born on 14 February 1960.[2] He is the son of Edgar Jones and Lilian Jones (née Peters).[3] He was educated at Birkenhead School, Mansfield College, Oxford and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[4]
Jones joined the
Royal Yacht Britannia from 1983 until 1988 from when he served as principal warfare officer in various frigates and with the maritime battle staff.[3] Promoted to commander on 1 February 1994,[8] he was made commanding officer of the frigate HMS Beaver in 1994 and a member of the Directorate of Navy Plans in the Ministry of Defence in 1997.[6]
Promoted to
Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in September 2008, he was given command of the European Union's first naval task force assembled to protect international shipping in the waters off Somalia in December 2008.[15] He was made Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in June 2009.[16]
Jones was appointed
First Sea Lord in April 2016.[22][23] Jones handed over his duties of Fleet Commander to Vice Admiral Ben Key on 10 February,[24] and took over as First Sea Lord on 8 April.[25]
Jones was appointed
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2014 Birthday Honours.[26] He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire in February 2019,[27] awarded the United States Legion of Merit in the degree of Commander in May,[28] and was succeeded by Admiral Tony Radakin as First Sea Lord on 19 June.[29]
Jones was advanced to
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 2020 New Year Honours,[30] and retired from the navy on 3 January 2020.[31]
Family and personal
In 1987 Jones married Elizabeth Collins; they have one son and two daughters.[3] His interests include sports, reading and hill walking.[3]
Jones has received Honorary Doctorates from Heriot-Watt University in 1993 [32] and from the University of Liverpool in 2017.[33]
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- ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Royal Navy admiral Phillip Jones heads EU Somali pirate task force". The Times. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Catching modern-day pirates". BBC News. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 2.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2012: full list of recipients". Telegraph.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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- ^ "Up and out : Promotions, retirements, new posts for senior UK military personnel September 2011". Defense Viewpoints. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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- ^ Haynes, Deborah. "Marine general chosen as top brass No 2". The Times. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ "The Secretary of State announces new Senior Appointments in the Armed Services". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ "Royal Navy appoints new Fleet Commander". Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ "Admiral Sir Philip Jones takes over as First Sea Lord". Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "No. 60895". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2014. p. b3.
- ^ "Deputy Lieutenants". Hampshire Council. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ "Trans-Atlantic Bonds Tighten as Naval Leaders Meet in Washington". royalnavy.mod.uk. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Royal Navy appoints new First Sea Lord". royalnavy.mod.uk. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "No. 62866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2019. p. N2.
- ^ "No. 62915". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 February 2020. p. 2442.
- ^ "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". Heriot-Watt University. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "New Chancellor to be installed at July graduation". University of Liverpool. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
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