Admiral Sir Trevor Alan Soar, (born 21 March 1957) is a retired

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officer who served as

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from 2009 to 2012.

Early life

Soar was born in

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and educated at

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. He joined the

in 1975, attending

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at Dartmouth.

Naval career

Soar commanded the submarines from 1987 to 1990 and from 1991 to 1994. He went on to command the frigate from 1997 to 1998. He next appointment was ashore as Director of Naval Staff Duties at the

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from September 2000 to August 2002. Next appointed as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier from 2002 to 2004. Trevor Soar was appointed Capability Manager (Precision Attack) in 2004 in the rank of

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and was promoted to Chief of Materiel (Fleet), Defence Equipment & Support in the rank of vice admiral in 2007. Soar was promoted to admiral and appointed as

and Allied Maritime Component Commander, Northwood, on 10 June 2009. He also held the honorary position of

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from 2009 to 2012.'' Who's Who 2010'',

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, 2010, In an October 2012 article, the ''

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'' alleged that Soar was among several retired military leaders who had offered to lobby and influence MPs and government defence ministers on behalf of arms firms. He resigned, after admitting he had to be slightly careful of lobbying ministers. "There's no reason I can't see them but there's again some criteria on that." However he claimed that he had not broken Whitehall rules.

Private military career

After leaving the military, Soar has worked for several private arms or security companies. In 2012, he took up roles with British Maritime Security, Vessel Protection Services and

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Honours

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(KCB) in the 2009 New Year Honours. *

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(OBE) *Honorary doctorate from

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2005

Personal life

In 1978 Soar married Anne Matlock. They have two sons (Gareth and David), who attended

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. They live in Boylestone in

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. He is President of Royal Navy Rugby Union.

References

External links

Official biography of Trevor Soar
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