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John Henry Stuart McAnally, (born 9 April 1945) is a former

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officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1998 to 2001. He was educated at

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and then

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Naval career

McAnally was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in the

on 1 September 1964. After a number of postings, he served on HMY ''Britannia'' from 1980 and was made a Member (later Lieutenant) of the

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in 1982. He commanded successively the

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s and from 1984.Debrett's People of Today
/ref> He then became Commanding Officer successively of the frigates and as well as captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron from 1987. He went on to be Assistant Director of Naval Plans in 1989, Director of Naval Logistics Policy in 1993 and Director of Naval Staff Duties in 1994. After that he became Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment in 1996 and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1998. He was appointed Companion of the

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in 2000 and retired in 2001.

Retirement

In retirement McAnally became an advisor to ''Flagship Training'' and chairman of the

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in London. He has been National President of the Royal Naval Association since 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mcanally, John 1945 births Living people Companions of the Order of the Bath Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Royal Navy vice admirals People educated at Westminster School, London Military personnel from Surrey