Vice Admiral Sir

Sir Anthony Johnstone-Burt

KCVO CB OBE DL
Johnstone-Burt in 2022
Birth nameCharles Anthony Johnstone-Burt
Born (1958-02-01) 1 February 1958
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1977–2013
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldJoint Helicopter Command
Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland
HMS Ocean
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
6th Frigate Squadron
HMS Montrose
HMS Brave
Battles/warsFalklands War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Other workMaster of the Household

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Anthony Johnstone-Burt, KCVO, CB, OBE, DL (born 1 February 1958) is a retired Royal Navy officer who is currently serving as the Master of the Household. In this role, he took part in the 2023 Coronation.[1]

Education

Johnstone-Burt was educated at Wellington College[2][3] and Van Mildert College at Durham University, where he took Joint Honours in Psychology and Anthropology in 1980.[2]

Johnstone-Burt joined the Royal Navy in 1977. Promoted to lieutenant in January 1982,[4] served in HMS Active during the Falklands War. He qualified as a helicopter pilot in 1983 flying Sea Kings and Lynx helicopters. He qualified as a principal warfare officer and served in several frigates before being appointed as first lieutenant and second-in-command of HMS Scylla in 1991. He was appointed commanding officer of HMS Brave in 1994 and went on to study at the United States Naval War College, where courses are affiliated with Salve Regina University in Rhode Island, taking a Master of Arts in International Relations from 1996 to 1997.[2] He also attended the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in 2000.[2]

Johnstone-Burt was appointed commanding officer of HMS Montrose and Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 2000 before becoming Commodore of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 2002 and then Captain of HMS Ocean in 2004.[5] He went on to be Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Joint Helicopter Command in 2005, Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 2006,[6] and Commander of the Joint Helicopter Command in 2008 before being appointed Director of Counter Narcotics and International Organised Crime at Headquarters International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2011.[5] Promoted to vice admiral, he became the Chief of Staff to NATO's Supreme Allied Command Transformation at Norfolk, Virginia, in November 2011 and held this post until October 2013 when he retired from the Service.[7]

Johnstone-Burt was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 New Year Honours,[8] and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2020 Birthday Honours.[9]

In 2013 Johnstone-Burt became the Master of the Household to the Sovereign.[10] In this role, he took part in the 2023 Coronation.[1]

He was a member of the Board of Governors of Monkton Combe School from 2004.[11] He was also a member of the Board of Governors and Chair at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls from 2014 to 2018.[12] He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Dorset on 22 August 2016. This gave him the Post Nominal Letters "DL" for Life.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Debrett's People of Today Online" Archived 8 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Debrett's PoT subscription used)
  3. ↑ "Tony Johnstone-Burt, "LinkedIn"
  4. ↑ "No. 48865". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1982. p. 789.
  5. 1 2 Debrett's People of Today
  6. ↑ Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ 'NATO ACT undergoes chief of staff change' Archived 6 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine WVEC.com, 24 November 2011
  8. ↑ "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 2.
  9. ↑ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B4.
  10. ↑ Jeff Maisey 'Nato in Norfolk: For Queen and Country' VEER Magazine, 8 September 2013
  11. ↑ LeRoy, Peter (2018). A Delightful Inheritance: 150 Years of Monkton Combe School. Monkton Print. ISBN 978-1999869809.
  12. ↑ "Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Johnstone-Burt KCVO CB OBE, Haberdasher Liveryman, Knighted in Birthday Honours". The Haberdashers' Company. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Vice Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants of Dorset". Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Deputy Lieutenant Commissions Lieutenancy of Dorset". The London Gazette. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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