John Kingwell

Rear Admiral John Matthew Leonard Kingwell CBE is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2019 to 2020.

John Kingwell
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1984–
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Pursuer HMS Argyll HMS Albion
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Naval career

Kingwell joined the Royal Navy in 1984.[1] He served as commanding officer successively of the patrol boat HMS Pursuer, the frigate HMS Argyll and the amphibious transport dock HMS Albion.[1] He went on to be Commander United Kingdom Task Group in January 2011 and in that role commanded the task group off Libya.[1] After that he became Head of Naval Resources and Plans in November 2011, Director of the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre in October 2013 and Deputy Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in May 2016 before becoming Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in July 2019.[2][3] He handed over the post to George Norton on 21 July 2020.[4]

Kingwell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours.[5]

References

1. "Rear Admiral John Kingwell, RN". Hollywell House Publishing. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
2. "Admirals Current" (PDF). gulabin.com. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
3. "Rear Admiral J M L Kingwell CBE (John) Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies". da.mod.uk. UK Defence Academy. 16 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020. He joined RCDS in May 2016 as Deputy Commandant and stepped up to become Commandant in July 2019.
4. "Sir George Norton appointed as next Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS)". Ministry of Defence UK. London. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
5. "No. 61608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2016. p. B5.