Timothy Granville-Chapman

General Sir Timothy John Granville-Chapman GBE KCB (born 5 January 1947) is a former British Army officer, who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces (2005–2009).

Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman
General Granville-Chapman (right) in 2010
Born	(1947-01-05) 5 January 1947
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1968–2008
Rank	General
Commands held	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces Adjutant-General to the Forces Joint Services Command and Staff College 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Early life

Granville-Chapman was born on 5 January 1947. He was educated at Charterhouse School, a public school in Godalming, Surrey. He studied law at Christ's College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1968; as per tradition, this was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree.[1]

Military career

Granville-Chapman was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1968.[2] He went on to be an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and then took a staff job in Military Operations in the Ministry of Defence.[2] Later he became Military Assistant to the Commander 1 (BR) Corps before being appointed commanding officer of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (1RHA) in Hohne, Germany.[2]

He was made the Chief of the General Staff's author for the first version of the British Military Doctrine and then went on to be Assistant Director in the Defence Policy Staff at the Ministry of Defence.[2]

He was made commander of an armoured brigade in Germany and then Director of Army Staff Duties.[2] He became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1994.[2] He became the first Commandant of the Joint Service Command and Staff College when he was appointed to that post on 28 June 1996.[3] He was made Adjutant General in 2000, Commander-in-Chief, Land Command in 2003 and Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 2005.[4]

In July 2008 he was appointed as the Master Gunner, St James's Park.[5] He held the position until 30 April 2017.[6]

Honours

	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)	(2007)[7]
	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB)	(2001)[8]

References

1. "GRANVILLE-CHAPMAN, Gen. Sir Timothy (John)". Who's Who 2016. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
2. Biographical profile, Ministry of Defence, archived from the original on 13 October 2008
3. "No. 5443". The London Gazette. 1 July 1996. p. 8911.
4. "No. 57724". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 August 2005. p. 10299.
5. "No. 58771". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 July 2008. p. 11003.
6. "No. 61916". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 May 2017. p. 9030.
7. "No. 58196". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2006. p. 5.
8. "New Years Honours 2000". BBC. Retrieved 18 July 2014.

Military offices
Preceded by Michael Walker	Assistant Chief of the General Staff 1994–1996	Succeeded by Michael Willcocks
New title College established	Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College 1997–2000	Succeeded by Brian Burridge
Preceded by Sir Alexander Harley	Adjutant General 2000–2003	Succeeded by Sir Alistair Irwin
Preceded by Sir Michael Jackson	Commander-in-Chief, Land Command 2003–2005	Succeeded by Sir Richard Dannatt
Preceded by Sir Anthony Bagnall	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2005–2009	Succeeded by Sir Nick Houghton
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Alexander Harley	Master Gunner, St. James's Park 2008–2017	Succeeded by Sir Andrew Gregory
Preceded by Sir Alexander Harley	Colonel Commandant and President, Honourable Artillery Company 2003–2010	Succeeded by Sir Barney White-Spunner