Chief Veterinary Officer (United Kingdom)

The Chief Veterinary Officer (or CVO) is an official in the British government, who is head of veterinary services in the United Kingdom. Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland also each have a Chief Veterinary Officer.

List of post holders for the United Kingdom

The following people have held the post of Chief Veterinary Officer for the United Kingdom:[1]

• Alexander Curtis Cope, 1893–1905
• Sir Stewart Stockman, 1905–1926
• Sir James Joseph Ralph Jackson, 1926–1932
• Sir Percy John Luxton Kelland, 1932–1938
• Sir Daniel Alfred Edmond Cabot, 1938–1948
• Sir Thomas Dalling FRSE, 1948–1952
• Sir John Neish Ritchie, 1952–1965
• Mr John Reid, 1965–1970
• Mr A G Beynon, 1970–1973
• Mr A C L Brown, 1973–1980
• Mr William Howard Rees, August 1980 – May 1988
• Keith Meldrum, June 1988 – April 1997
• James Scudamore, April 1997 – March 2004
• Dr Debby Reynolds, March 2004 – November 2007[2][3]
• Fred Landeg, November 2007 – May 2008 (acting CVO prior to full appointment)
• Mr Nigel Gibbens, 21 May 2008 – 28 February 2018
• Christine Middlemiss, 1 March 2018 – present[4][5]

List of post holders for Wales

• Dr Christianne Glossop, June 2005 – present[6]

List of post holders for Scotland

The Scottish post was created in October 2002, and the following people have held the post:

• Leslie Gardner, October 2002 – March 2003
• Charles Milne, March 2003 – June 2009[7]
• Simon Hall, June 2009 – June 2011[8]
• Sheila Voas, June 2011 – present[9]

List of post holders for Northern Ireland

• Dr Robert (Bob) Milligan McCracken, 1998–2002[10][11]
• Mr R M Houston, 2002–2013[12]
• Mr R J Huey, 2013–present[13]

References

1. "Chief Veterinary Officers, past and present". Government Veterinary Surgeons. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
2. "Chief vet leaves with plaudits after four years service". DEFRA. 2007-11-09. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2007.
3. Clarke, Philip (9 November 2007). "DEFRA chief vet stands down". Farmers Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
4. "Christine Middlemiss begins as UK Chief Veterinary Officer". GOV.UK. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
5. Case, Philip (4 March 2018). "Christine Middlemiss begins new chief vet role at Defra". Farmers Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
6. "GVS Conference 4–5 June 2007" (PDF). Government Veterinary Surgeons (UK). 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
7. "New chief vet for Scotland". Scottish Executive. 19 March 2003. Retrieved 15 August 2007.
8. "New chief veterinary officer for Scotland". Vet Times. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
9. "Sheila Voas officially becomes new Scottish CVO". Vet Times. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
10. "Speaker & Chair Biographies, McCracken". British Veterinary Association. 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
11. "Curriculum Vitae, McCracken" (PDF). British Veterinary Association. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
12. "Speaker & Chair Biographies, Houston". British Veterinary Association. 2007. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
13. "CVOs quizzed on pet travel and exotic and endemic diseases". Veterinary Record. 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

External links

• Government Veterinary Surgeons website
• Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland website