Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)
Vice Chief of the Naval Staff | |
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Admiralty Board | |
Reports to | Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff |
Nominator | First Lord of the Admiralty, Secretary of State for Defence |
Appointer | Prime Minister Subject to formal approval by the King-in-Council |
Term length | Not fixed (typically 2–3 years) |
Formation | 1941 |
First holder | Sir Henry Moore |
Final holder | Sir Peter Stanford |
Abolished | 1985 |
The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (V.C.N.S.) three-star rank and had a NATO ranking code of OF-8 that existed from 1941 to 1985 and was a member of the Admiralty Naval Staff.
History
In October 1941 the post of Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff was created when the Admiralty abolished the title of
First Sea Lord
.
In 1946 the office of the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff was revived and the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff from that point reported to the Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.
Following internal re-structuring within the Ministry of Defence the position of Vice Chief of the Naval Staff was abolished in 1985.
Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff included:[3]
Note: reports to the First Sea Lord from 1941 to 1946 [4] then reports to the DCNS from 1947 until 1985
No. | Portrait | Chief-of-Staff | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21 October 1941 | 7 June 1943 | 1 year, 7 months | [5] | ||
2 | Sir Edward Neville Syfret | Vice Admiral8 June 1943 | October 1945 | 2 years, 3 months | [6] | |
3 | Sir Rhoderick McGrigor | Vice AdmiralOctober 1945 | October 1947 | 2 years | [7] | |
4 | Sir John Edelsten | Vice AdmiralOctober 1947 | November 1949 | 2 years, 1 month | [8] | |
5 | Sir George Creasy | Vice AdmiralNovember 1949 | October 1951 | 1 year, 11 months | [9] | |
6 | Sir Guy Grantham | Vice AdmiralOctober 1951 | April 1954 | 2 years, 6 months | [10] | |
7 | Sir William Davis | Vice AdmiralApril 1954 | May 1957 | 3 years, 1 month | [11] | |
8 | Sir Caspar John | Vice AdmiralMay 1957 | February 1960 | 2 years, 9 months | [12] | |
9 | Sir Walter Couchman | Vice AdmiralFebruary 1960 | November 1960 | 9 months | [3] | |
10 | Sir Varyl Begg | Vice AdmiralJanuary 1961 | February 1963 | 2 years, 1 month | [13] | |
11 | Sir John Frewen | Vice AdmiralFebruary 1963 | April 1965 | 2 years, 2 months | [3] | |
12 | Sir John Bush | Vice AdmiralApril 1965 | August 1967 | 2 years, 4 months | [14] | |
13 | Sir Peter Hill-Norton | Vice AdmiralAugust 1967 | December 1968 | 1 year, 4 months | [3] | |
14 | Sir Edward Ashmore | Vice AdmiralDecember 1968 | January 1971 | 2 years, 1 month | [15] | |
15 | January 1971 | October 1973 | 2 years, 9 months | [3] | ||
16 | Sir John Treacher | Vice AdmiralOctober 1973 | April 1975 | 1 year, 6 months | [3] | |
17 | Sir Raymond Lygo | Vice AdmiralApril 1975 | January 1978 | 2 years, 9 months | [16] | |
18 | Sir Anthony Morton | Vice AdmiralJanuary 1978 | July 1980 | 2 years, 6 months | [3] | |
19 | Sir William Staveley | Vice AdmiralJuly 1980 | October 1982 | 2 years, 3 months | [3] | |
20 | Sir Peter Stanford | Vice AdmiralOctober 1982 | October 1985 | 3 years | [17] |
See also
- Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
- Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff
- First Sea Lord
- Second Sea Lord
- Third Sea Lord
- Fourth Sea Lord
- Fifth Sea Lord
References
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General references
- Primary source for this article is by Harley Simon, Lovell Tony, (2017), Vice Chief of Naval Staff, http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org.
- http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
- http://www.gulabin.com/Royal Navy - Senior Appointments