Richard Cheadle
Royal Navy Rear Admiral (born 1950)
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Rear Admiral Richard Frank Cheadle, CB, DL (born 27 January 1950) is a former Royal Navy officer who went on to be Controller of the Navy.
Richard Cheadle | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 January 1950 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | HM Naval Base Devonport |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Naval career
Cheadle served as director of nuclear propulsion at the Ministry of Defence and then as commander of HM Naval Base Devonport.[1] Promoted to rear admiral, he was appointed chief of staff to the Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command in 2003.[2] He was appointed Controller of the Navy as well as an executive director of the Defence Procurement Agency in December 2003.[3] By the following year he was still Controller of the Navy but also director, land & maritime.[4] He retired from the navy in 2006 and became a director at WS Atkins.[5]
Post-naval career
Cheadle is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Devon.[6] Cheadle is also a councillor for the Buckland Monachorum ward of West Devon Borough Council. Cheadle sits as an independent.[7]