| 词条 | Nigel Henderson |
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|name= Sir Nigel Henderson |birth_date=1 August 1909 |death_date=2 August 1993 (aged 84) |birth_place= |death_place= |image=Nigel Henderson.jpg |caption=Sir Nigel Henderson in 1957 |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears=1927–1971 |rank= Admiral |commands=HMS Protector HMS Kenya Director General of Training Plymouth Command |branch= Royal Navy |unit= |battles=World War II |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson {{postnominals|country=GBR|GBE|KCB|DL}} (1 August 1909 – 2 August 1993) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. Naval careerHenderson joined the Royal Navy in 1927.[1] He served in World War II as a gunnery officer.[1] After the war he became Naval Attaché in Rome and then, from 1951, commanded the patrol vessel HMS Protector.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer at the Royal Naval Air Station at Bramcote in 1952 and was Captain of the cruiser HMS Kenya from 1955.[1] He became Vice Naval Deputy and then Naval Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1957 and Director General of Training at the Admiralty in 1960.[1] In 1962 he was made Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth.[1] He was made Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. and UK Military Representative to NATO in 1965 and then Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in 1968.[1] He retired in 1971.[1] Writing in 1974 he expressed concern over a general lack of awareness about "Western Europe and indeed of all NATO countries being dependent very largely on Middle East oil".[2] Personal lifeHenderson married Catherine Mary Maitland in 1939. They had three children, a son and two daughters. In 1959 Lady Henderson inherited the estate of Hensol House near Castle Douglas from her godmother Helen, Marchioness of Ailsa. The couple retired there in 1971.[3][4] In retirement Henderson spearheaded the effort to restore the Scottish birthplace of John Paul Jones at Arbigland back to its original 1747 condition.[5] He was also a Deputy Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright[6] and a Patron of the Ten Tors Challenge held each year on Dartmoor.[7] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth | years=1962–1965 | before=Sir Charles Madden | after=Sir Fitzroy Talbot}}2. ^Editorial Naval Review, Vol. 67, No.3, page 169, July 1979 3. ^{{cite web |title=Lady Henderson obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7947017/Lady-Henderson.html |website=Telegraph}} 4. ^Galloway volunteer group celebrates 21st birthday Galloway News, 15 December 2006 5. ^History of John Paul Jones Cottage John Paul Jones Cottage Museum, Scotland 6. ^Deputy Lieutenants in Scotland Hansard, 11 June 1992 7. ^Ten Tors |-{{s-bef | before = Sir Michael West}}{{s-ttl | title = Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. | years =1965–1968}}{{s-aft | after =Sir George Lea}} |-{{s-bef | before = Sir Michael West}}{{s-ttl | title = UK Military Representative to NATO | years =1965–1968}}{{s-aft | after =Sir David Lee}} |-{{succession box | before=C.P. de Cumont|after=Johannes Steinhoff|title=Chairman of the NATO Military Committee|years=1968–1971}} |-{{s-hon}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Alexander Bingley}}{{s-ttl|title=Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom |years=1973–1976}}{{s-aft|after=Sir John Bush}} |-{{s-bef|before=Sir Deric Holland-Martin}}{{s-ttl|title=Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom |years=1976–1979}}{{s-aft|after=Sir John Bush}}{{s-end}}{{Chairmen of the NATO Military Committee}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Nigel}} 9 : 1909 births|1993 deaths|Deputy Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire|NATO military personnel|Royal Navy admirals|Royal Navy officers of World War II|British naval attachés |
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