| Jock Slater | |
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| Born 27 March 1938 | |
 Admiral Sir Jock Slater Crown Copyright |
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| Nickname | Jock |
| Allegiance |  United
Kingdom |
| Service/branch |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1958-1998 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | First Sea
Lord HMS Illustrious HMS Kent HMS Jupiter |
| Battles/wars | Cold War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order |
Admiral Sir John Cunningham Kirkwood Slater, GCB, LVO, DL (born 27 March 1938) served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. He was Equerry to HM The Queen from 1968 to 1971.
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Sir Jock was the son of James Kirkwood Slater, FRSE, OBE, and Margaret Claire Byrom Bramwell. His maternal grandmother, née Elizabeth Cumming Cunningham, was the elder sister of Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, one of his great nephew's predecessors in the office of First Sea Lord.
On all sides, Sir Jock came from an Edinburgh medical background. His father, a physician and neurologist; his brother, Peter James Bramwell Slater, a biologist; his maternal grandfather Edwin Bramwell (1873-1952), also a physician and neurologist; both of his maternal greatgrandfathers Sir Byrom Bramwell (1847-1931), a physician, and Daniel John Cunningham (1850-1909), an anatomist; and his great-uncles Byrom Stanley Bramwell (1877-1948), an advocate, and John Cunningham (1882-1968), a physician and bacteriologist, were all Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1] [2][3][4]
Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Sedbergh School, he joined the Royal Navy in 1958. He commanded HMS Jupiter from 1972 to 1973, HMS Kent from 1976 to 1977 and HMS Illustrious from 1981 to 1983[5].
He was Assistant Chief of Defence Staff from 1985 to 1987 and Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland from 1987 to 1989.
In 1991 he became Commander-in-Chief Fleet and in 1993 Vice Chief of the Defence Staff. He was First Sea Lord from 1995 to 1998. In this capacity he had to deal with the Strategic Defence Review carried out by the incoming Labour Government[6].
Since retirement, his appointments have included Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire, Director of VT Group, Director and Senior Military Adviser to Lockheed Martin UK, chairman of the Executive Committee of the RNLI, [5] vice chairman of the British Forces Foundation and chairman of the Council of Management of the White Ensign Association[7].
He served as Chairman of the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum from 2001 to 2006[8] having first been appointed a Trustee in 1999.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Benjamin Bathurst |
Vice-Chief of the Defence
Staff 1993–1995 |
Succeeded by Sir John Willis |
| Preceded by Sir Benjamin Bathurst |
First Sea
Lord 1995–1998 |
Succeeded by Sir Michael Boyce |
| Honorary titles | ||
| Preceded by unknown |
Chairman Board of Trustees, Imperial War Museum 2001–2006 |
Succeeded by Sir Peter Squire |
  | No.10 Downing Street Biographical notes - Imperial War Museum | Number10.gov.uk |
| | Edinburgh Academy Biography - Edinburgh Academy Alumni - Sir Jock Slater |
| | University of St Andrews - Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution |
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