Richard Cheadle

Summary

Rear Admiral Richard Frank Cheadle CB, DL (born 27 January 1950) is a former Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.

Richard Cheadle
Born27 January 1950
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldHM Naval Base Devonport
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career edit

Cheadle served as director of nuclear propulsion at the Ministry of Defence and then as commander of HM Naval Base Devonport.[1] Promoted to rear admiral, he was appointed chief of staff to the Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command in 2003.[2] He was appointed Controller of the Navy as well as an executive director of the Defence Procurement Agency in December 2003.[3] By the following year he was still Controller of the Navy but also director, land & maritime.[4] He retired from the navy in 2006 and became a director at WS Atkins.[5]

Post-naval career edit

Cheadle is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Devon.[6] Cheadle is also a councillor for the Buckland Monachorum ward of West Devon Borough Council. Cheadle sits as an independent.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Naval Strategic Plan 2006, p. 26 Ministry of Defence
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2004
  3. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2005
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 2006
  5. ^ Formal Minutes Defence Committee, Session 2008–09
  6. ^ "People". The Lord lieutenant of Devon. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Richard Cheadle". West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
Military offices
Preceded by Controller of the Navy
2003–2006
Succeeded by