John McAnally

John Henry Stuart McAnally
Born	9 April 1945 Epsom, Surrey
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1967 - 2001
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	HMS Torquay HMS Alacrity HMS Ariadne HMS Hermione
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Vice Admiral John Henry Stuart McAnally CB LVO (born 9 April 1945) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Naval career

McAnally joined the Royal Navy in 1967.^[1] He served on HMY Britannia from 1980 and commanded successively the frigates HMS Torquay and HMS Alacrity from 1984.^[1] He then became Commanding Officer successively of the frigates HMS Ariadne and HMS Hermione as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron from 1987.^[1] He went on to be Assistant Director of Naval Plans in 1989, Director of Naval Logistics Policy in 1993 and Director of Naval Staff in 1994.^[1] After that he became Flag Officer, Training and Recruiting in 1996 and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1998 before he retired in 2001.^[1]

In retirement he became an advisor to Flagship Training and is the current chairman of the Naval and Military Club in London.^[1][2]

References

1. Debrett's People of Today
2. "You’ve got the superyacht with pool, helipad, minisub and missiles. Now get the Royal Navy to train the crew". The Times (London). 1 March 2008.