Richard Cheadle

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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

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.

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