Nigel Essenhigh

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Nigel Richards Essenhigh , GCB (* 8. November 1944 in Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear ) is a former British naval officer of the Royal Navy , who most recently as Admiral between 2001 and 2002. First Sea Lord (First Sea Lord) was.

Life

Training and uses as a naval officer

1982 became Commander Essenhigh as commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the destroyer HMS Nottingham his first ship command.

After attending St Cuthbert's High School in 1963, Nigel Richard Essenhigh began training as a naval officer in the Royal Navy and was promoted to lieutenant at sea (sub-lieutenant) on January 1, 1965 and to lieutenant captain (lieutenant) on May 1, 1967 . In the following years he found various uses and was, among other things, a navigation officer on the frigate HMS Juno and the destroyer HMS Antrim . Upon completion of the Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), he was on May 1, 1975 Lieutenant Commander ( Lieutenant Commander ) transported and then aboard the destroyer HMS Glasgow was added. On December 31, 1980 he was promoted to frigate captain (Commander) , whereupon he moved to the Department of Naval Personnel Training in the Ministry of Defense . In 1982 he took his first ship command, as a commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the destroyer HMS Nottingham and was then to Light aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal was added.

On December 31, 1985, Essenhigh was promoted to captain at sea (Captain) and then graduated from the Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) in 1986 . After his termination he became Deputy Head of the Department for Weapons and Ships in the Department of Naval Planning of the Ministry of Defense in 1987 and acted as commander of the 5th Destroyer Squadron between April 1989 and 1992 . At the same time he was from April 1989 to June 1991 in command of the destroyer HMS Exeter , with which he was last used in the Second Gulf War . After attending the Higher Command and Staff Course at Staff College Camberley , he was Head of Naval Planning and Resources at the Department of Defense between 1992 and 1994.

Promotion to Admiral and First Sea Lord

After his promotion to Rear Admiral (Rear Admiral) was Essenhigh from 1994 to March 1996 as Hydrographer of the Navy Director of the Hydrographic Office of the Navy and after March 1996 to September 1998 of assistive chief of defense staff for programs (Assistant Chief of the Defense Staff , Programs) and thus successor to Air Vice-Marshal Graeme Robertson . He remained in this use until September 1998 and was then replaced by Major General John Kiszely . During this use of his promotion to was made Vice Admiral (Vice Admiral) . In September 1998 he was promoted to Admiral and took over from Admiral Michael Boyce as Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet . He held this position until his replacement by Admiral Alan West in November 2000 and was also in personal union supreme commander of NATO -Streitkräfte in the eastern Atlantic (NATO Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic) and Commander, Allied naval forces of the Allies NATO forces in northwest Europe COMNAVNORTHWEST (Commander Allied Naval Forces Northwestern Europe) . On June 12, 1999, he was beaten Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) and has since been named "Sir".

He was last in January 2001 successor to Admiral of the Fleet Michael Boyce as First Sea Lord (First Sea Lord) and at the same time as Chief of Naval Staff (Chief of the Naval Staff) . He was also first aide-de-camp of Queen Elizabeth II. For the Navy. He held these functions until his times but replacement by Admiral Alan West in September 2002. During this time he was 15 June 2002 at the same time Grand Cross ( Knight Grand Cross ) awarded the Order of the Bath (GCB). With effect from December 3, 2002, he left active military service and retired. On February 27, 2003 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for the County of Devon .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 43666, HMSO, London, June 4, 1965, p. 5362 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  2. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 44296, HMSO, London, April 21, 1967, p. 4579 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 46557, HMSO, London, April 28, 1975, p. 5513 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  4. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 48490, HMSO, London, January 12, 1981, p. 459 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 50398, HMSO, London, January 13, 1986, p. 551 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  6. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 178
  7. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 22
  8. ↑ MINISTRY OF DEFENSE AND TRI-SERVICE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 11
  9. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 95
  10. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  11. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 55513, HMSO, London, June 12, 1999, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  12. ↑ ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS , p. 3
  13. ↑ KNIGHTS AND DAMES (leighrayment.com)
  14. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 56595, HMSO, London, June 15, 2002, p. 2 ( PDF , accessed December 27, 2018, English).
  15. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 56777, HMSO, London, December 10, 2002, p. 14983 ( PDF , accessed December 29, 2018, English).
  16. ↑ London Gazette . No. 56863, HMSO, London, March 4, 2004, p. 2751 ( PDF , accessed December 30, 2018, English).
predecessor Office successor
Sir Michael Boyce Commander-in-Chief, The Fleet
1998-2000 		Sir Alan West
Sir Michael Boyce First sea lord
2001–2002 		Sir Alan West
personal data
SURNAME Essenhigh, Nigel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Essenhigh, Nigel Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British admiral
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear