Military Secretary (United Kingdom) Military Secretary is the British Army office with responsibility for appointments, promotion, postings and discipline of high ranking officers of the British Army. It is a senior British Army appointment, held by an officer holding the rank of major-general . The position of Deputy Military Secretary is held by an officer holding the rank of brigadier . The Military Secretary's counterpart in the Royal Navy is the Naval Secretary . The Royal Air Force equivalent is the Air Secretary .Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in 1795.Secretary of State for War in 1904. It was sometimes referred to in military jargon as Military Secretary at Headquarters. In 1964 it became Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for Defence .Glasgow with the Military Secretary as its Chief Executive .Military Secretaries Holders of the post have included:Colonel Robert Brownrigg, 1795–1803 Colonel William Clinton, 1803–1804 Lieutenant-Colonel James Gordon, 1804–1809 Major-General Sir Henry Torrens , 1809–1820 Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor , 1820–1827 Lieutenant-General Lord FitzRoy Somerset , 1827–1852 Colonel Richard Airey , 1852–1854 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Yorke , 1854–1860 Lieutenant-General William Forster, 1860–1871 Major-General Caledon Egerton, 1871–1874 General Sir Alfred Horsford, 1874–1880 Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Whitmore, 1880–1885 Lieutenant-General Sir George Harman, 1885–1892 General Sir Reginald Gipps , 1892–1896 Major-General Sir Coleridge Grove , 1896–1901 Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton , 1901–1903 * Lieutenant-General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour , acting Nov 1901–1902 Major-General Sir Ronald Lane, 1903–1904 Colonel John Spencer Ewart , 1904–1906 General Sir Arthur Wynne, 1906–1911 Lieutenant-General Sir William Franklyn, 1911–1914 Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Codrington, 1914 Major-General Sir Frederick Robb, 1914–1916 Lieutenant-General Sir Francis Davies, 1916–1919 Lieutenant-General Sir Philip Chetwode, 1919–1920 Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Godley , 1920–1922 Lieutenant-General Sir William Peyton, 1922–1926 Lieutenant-General Sir David Campbell, 1926–1927 Major-General Sir Gerald Boyd, 1927–1930 Lieutenant-General Sir Sidney Clive, 1930–1934 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Deedes , 1934–1937 Major-General The Viscount Gort, 1937 Lieutenant-General Douglas Brownrigg, 1938–1939 Lieutenant-General George Giffard, 1939–1940 Lieutenant-General Arthur Floyer-Acland, 1940–1942 General Sir Colville Wemyss, 1942–1946 Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning , 1946–1948 Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Keightley , 1948 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Mansergh , 1948–1949 Lieutenant-General Sir Kenneth McLean, 1949–1951 Lieutenant-General Sir Euan Miller, 1951–1954 Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Callander, 1954–1957 General Sir Hugh Stockwell, 1957–1959 Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Thompson, 1959–1961 Lieutenant-General Sir William Stirling, 1961–1963 General Sir John Anderson , 1963–1966 Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Goodwin, 1966–1969 Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Pearson, 1969–1972 Lieutenant-General Sir John Sharp, 1972–1974 Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Howard-Dobson, 1974–1976 Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Ford, 1976–1978 Lieutenant-General Sir Robin Carnegie, 1978–1980 Lieutenant-General Sir Roland Guy, 1980–1983 Lieutenant-General Sir David Mostyn, 1983–1986 Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Palmer, 1986–1989 Lieutenant-General Sir John Learmont, 1989–1991 Lieutenant-General Sir William Rous, 1991–1994 Major-General Robert Hayman-Joyce, 1994–1995 Major-General Michael Scott, 1995–1997 Major-General David Burden, 1997–1999 Major-General Alistair Irwin, 1999–2000 Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin , 2000–2003 Major-General Freddie Viggers, 2003–2005 Major-General Nicholas Cottam, 2005–2008 Major-General Mark Mans, 2008–2009 Major-General David Rutherford-Jones, 2009–2011 Major-General Andrew Gregory, 2011–2013 Major-General Shaun Burley, 2013–2015 Major-General Nicholas Ashmore , 2015–2017 Major General Robert Bruce, 2017–2019 Major General Timothy Hyams, 2019 -
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