Ian Corder Explained

Sir Ian Corder
Office:Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
Premier:Jonathan Le Tocq
Gavin St Pier
Peter Ferbrache
Term Start:14 March 2016
Term End:November 2021
Predecessor:Peter Walker
Successor:Richard Cripwell
Birth Date:6 August 1960
Birth Place:Nuneaton, England
Alma Mater:Peterhouse, Cambridge
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Navy
Serviceyears:1978–2016
Rank:Vice Admiral
Commands:

Battles:Operation Ellamy
Mawards:Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral Sir Ian Fergus Corder, (born 6 August 1960) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as UK Military Representative to NATO, and was the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2016 to 2021.

Naval career

Educated at Rugby School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, Corder joined the Royal Navy in 1978.[1] He commanded the submarine, then the submarine and finally the frigate .[1] He went on to become Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Deputy Director of the unit at the Ministry of Defence responsible for policy regarding NATO, the European Union and the United Nations and then Chief of the Strategic Systems Executive.[1] After that he became Director of Naval Personnel Strategy and then Deputy Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO before becoming Commander Operations and Rear Admiral, Submarines in March 2011 and in that capacity he was the UK's Maritime Commander for operations over Libya (Operation Ellamy) in Spring 2011.[2] He attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in April 2011.[3] He went on to be UK Military Representative to NATO in May 2013.[4]

Corder retired from the Royal Navy on 1 July 2016.

He was elected an Honorary Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge in 2016.[5]

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey

In March 2016 Corder was announced as the next Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, to assume the post by May.[6]

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/1506686/vadm_ian_corder_uk_milrep_bio.pdf EU Biography
  2. Web site: Libya update. UK Government. 14 July 2013.
  3. News: Royal wedding guest list . 28 July 2020 . BBC . 23 April 2011.
  4. http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf Senior Tri-Service and Ministry of Defence Appointments
  5. Web site: Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder . Peterhouse . 28 July 2020.
  6. Web site: New Lt-Governor is a career Navy man . Guernsey Press . 16 February 2016.