Iain Henderson | |
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Born | 1 April 1948 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held | Naval Air Command HMNB Portsmouth RNAS Yeovilton HMS London HMS Charybdis HMS Ariadne |
Battles/wars | Falklands War Gulf War |
Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Rear Admiral Iain Robert Henderson, CB, CBE, DL (born 1 April 1948) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer.[1]
Henderson was born on 1 April 1948. He was educated at Epsom College, then an all-boys private school. He entered the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1965.[2]
After his retirement from the navy, Henderson joined the third sector. From 2001 to 2007, he served as Chief Executive of Sue Ryder Care, a British social care charity.[5][6] From 2002 to 2006, he was Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod. His final duty as Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod occurred in May 2006, during that year's Installation of Knights.[7] In June 2006, he was appointed Registrar and Secretary of the Order of the Bath.[8][9][10]
In 2006, Henderson was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.[11] He served as Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire between 2018 and 2023, until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75.[2]