Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star " admiral" rank. It is often rega ...

Christopher John Hockley, (born 24 August 1959) is a retired

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officer who was

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland The Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (FOSNI) was a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It was based at HMNB Clyde, HM Naval Base Clyde, and the holder of the post was the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland. The ...

from September 2011 to November 2014.

Naval career

Educated at

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2–19 independent, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose o ...

, Hockley joined the

in 1979 and subsequently specialised in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

. He was appointed Deputy Team Leader for the Future Aircraft Carrier Project in 1999, Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Procurement in 2002 and Through Life Support Director at the

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in 2005.Debrett's People of Today
/ref> He was made base commander at

HMNB Clyde His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). ...

in October 2007, and became Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in the rank of

rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star " admiral" rank. It is often rega ...

in September 2011.Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie
Hockley was appointed

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(CBE) in the

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and is a Deputy Lieutenant of

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.Vice Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants
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References

1959 births Living people People educated at Dulwich College Royal Navy rear admirals People from Orpington Royal Navy personnel of the Gulf War Royal Navy personnel of the Iraq War Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeenshire Military personnel from Kent {{UK-navy-bio-stub