Peter Woodhead

Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Peter Woodhead, KCB DL (born 30 July 1939) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1991 to 1993.

Sir Peter Woodhead
Born (1939-07-30) 30 July 1939
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1962–1994
RankVice-Admiral
Commands heldDeputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Surface Flotilla
First Flotilla
Second Flotilla
HMS Illustrious
HMS Rhyl
HMS Jupiter
Battles/warsIndonesia–Malaysia confrontation
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Educated at Leeds Grammar School, HMS Conway and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Woodhead joined the Royal Navy in 1962.[1] He served in the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation in the 1960s and was given command of the frigates HMS Jupiter in 1974 and HMS Rhyl in 1975.[1] He was appointed Director of Naval Operations and Trade in 1985, Commander of the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in 1986 and Flag Officer, Second Flotilla in 1988.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer First Flotilla, in 1989. From 1990 to 1991 he was Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla. In 1991 he was appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, before retiring in 1994.[2]

Later life

In retirement Woodhead became Prisons Ombudsman.[3] In 2003, Alan Travis noted in UK newspaper The Guardian, "Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Woodhead, had his powers so clipped by the former Conservative home secretary, Michael Howard, that the small and little-known club that is the British and Irish Ombudsmen Association refused him membership on the grounds that he was not independent enough".[4]

Family

In 1964 Woodhead married Carol; they have one son and one daughter.[1] Lady Woodhead died in January 2016.[5]

References
  1. Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. Whitaker's Almanack 1995
  3. Jail watchdog threatens to quit The Independent, 25 February 1996
  4. Travis, Alan (9 July 2003). "A look inside". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  5. "Woodhead". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir James Weatherall		 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
1991–1993		 Succeeded by
Sir Peter Abbott
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