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Richard Cheadle

Richard Cheadle

Royal Navy Rear Admiral (born 1950)

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.

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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

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

  1. [1]
    Naval Strategic Plan 2006, p. 26 Ministry of Defence
  2. [2]
    Whitaker's Almanack 2004
  3. [3]
    Whitaker's Almanack 2005
  4. [4]
    Whitaker's Almanack 2006
  5. [5]
    Formal Minutes Defence Committee, Session 2008–09
  6. [6]
    "People". The Lord lieutenant of Devon. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Richard Cheadle". West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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