James Morse

Rear Admiral James Anthony Morse CB is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy.

James Morse
Rear Admiral Morse in 2015
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1982–2016
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Dasher HMS Sutherland HMS Norfolk HMS Chatham
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Early life and education

Morse was educated at the University of Bristol (BSc, 1985) and King's College London (MA International Relations, 2007).[1]

Naval career

Morse joined the Royal Navy in 1982.[1] He was given command of the Bristol University Royal Naval Unit and then the patrol craft HMS Dasher in 1991.[1] After attending the principal warfare officer’s course in 1993, he became operations officer in the frigate HMS Monmouth.[1] Having attended the specialist navigating officer’s course, he became squadron navigator of the Fourth Frigate Squadron and was then given command of the frigate HMS Sutherland in 1997.[1] He joined the Permanent Joint Headquarters in 1999 and was then made commanding officer of the frigate HMS Norfolk before becoming executive officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in November 2001.[1] He went on to be Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord in 2004 and, after attending the Joint Services Command and Staff College, he became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Chatham in August 2005.[1]

Morse became Director of Force Development in September 2007, Commander United Kingdom Task Group in December 2008 and liaison officer to the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff in September 2011.[1] He went on to be Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College in August 2012[2] and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Capability) and Controller of the Navy in September 2014.[3] Morse handed over his duty to Rear Admiral Paul Bennett on 23 May 2016.[4]

He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2016 New Year Honours.[5]

He retired from the Royal Navy in 2016 and became President of Rabdan Academy in August 2016.[6]

References

1. "Rear Admiral James Morse". Defence Academy. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
2. "Ministry of Defence and Tri-service Senior Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
3. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
4. The Daily Telegraph (London), 2016, General Officer Appointment, The Daily Telegraph (London), 28 May 2016, Edition 1; National Edition, p.30
5. "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N2.
6. "Rabdan Academy Honors Outstanding Students". Rabdan Academy. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.