Nigel Henderson

For the artist, see Nigel Henderson (artist).

Sir Nigel Henderson
Born	1 August 1909
Died	1993
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1927–1971
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Protector HMS Kenya Plymouth Command
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson GBE KCB DL (1 August 1909 – 1993) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.

Naval career

Henderson joined the Royal Navy in 1927.^[1] He served in World War II as a gunnery officer.^[1] After the war he became Naval Attaché in Rome and then, from 1951, commanded the patrol vessel HMS Protector.^[1]

He was appointed Commanding Officer at the Royal Naval Air Station at Bramcote in 1952 and was Captain of the cruiser HMS Kenya from 1955.^[1] He became Vice Naval Deputy and then Naval Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1957 and Director General of Training at the Admiralty in 1960.^[1] In 1962 he was made Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.^[1] He was made Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. and UK Military Representative to NATO in 1965 and then Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in 1968.^[1] He retired in 1971.^[1]

Writing in 1974 he expressed concern over a general lack of awareness about "Western Europe and indeed of all NATO countries being dependent very largely on Middle East oil".^[2]

In retirement he spearheaded the effort to restore the Scottish birthplace of John Paul Jones at Arbigland back to its original 1747 condition.^[3] He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright^[4] and a Patron of the Ten Tors Challenge held each year on Dartmoor.^[5]

Family

He was married to Catherine.^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ Editorial Naval Review, Vol. 67, No.3, page 169, July 1979
↑ History of John Paul Jones Cottage John Paul Jones Cottage Museum, Scotland
↑ Deputy Lieutenants in Scotland Hansard, 11 June 1992
↑ Ten Tors
↑ Galloway volunteer group celebrates 21st birthday Galloway News, 15 December 2006

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Charles Madden	Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1962–1965	Succeeded by Sir Fitzroy Talbot
Preceded by Sir Michael West	Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. 1965–1968	Succeeded by Sir George Lea
Preceded by Sir Michael West	UK Military Representative to NATO 1965–1968	Succeeded by Sir David Lee
Preceded by C.P. de Cumont	Chairman of the NATO Military Committee 1968–1971	Succeeded by Johannes Steinhoff
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Alexander Bingley	Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1973–1976	Succeeded by Sir John Bush
Preceded by Sir Deric Holland-Martin	Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1976–1979	Succeeded by Sir John Bush

Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee

1949–1951 Omar Bradley
1951–1952 Etienne Baele
1952–1953 Charles Foulkes
1953–1954 E. J. C. Quistgaard
1954–1955 Augustin Guillaume
1955–1956 Stylianos Pallis
1956–1957 Giuseppe Mancinelli
1957–1958 B. R. P. F. Hasselman

1958–1959 Bjarne Øen
1959–1960 J. A. Beleza Ferras
1960–1960 Rustu Erdelhun
1960–1961 Louis Mountbatten
1961–1962 Lyman Lemnitzer
1962–1963 C. P. de Cumont
1963–1964 Adolf Heusinger
1964–1968 C. P. de Cumont

1968–1971 Nigel Henderson
1971–1974 Johannes Steinhoff
1974–1977 Peter Hill-Norton
1977–1980 H. F. Zeiner-Gundersen
1980–1983 Robert Hilborn Falls
1983–1986 Cornelis De Jager
1986–1989 Wolfgang Altenburg
1989–1993 Vigleik Eide

1993–1996 Richard Vincent
1996–1999 Klaus Naumann
1999–2002 Guido Venturoni
2002–2005 Harald Kujat
2005–2008 Ray Henault
2008–2011 Giampaolo Di Paola
2011–2015 Knud Bartels
2015–2016 Petr Pavel

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