Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce

Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce, KG, GCB, OBE, DL ( born April 2, 1943 in Cape Town, South Africa ) is a British former First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, former Chief of Staff (Chief of the Defence Staff ) and Life Peer.

Career in the Royal Navy

Boyce visited the Hurstpierpoint College and played in 1961 in the Royal Navy. It was used on submarines and eventually became commander of the submarines HMS Oberon and HMS Opossum. In 1965, he was promoted from Acting Sub - Lieutenant Sub - Lieutenant to 1966 he was Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander in 1974. In the period from 1965 to 1972 he served on submarines Anchorite, Valiant and Conqueror. Boyce was promoted to the rank of Commander in 1976. During this time, he commanded the submarine HMS Superb by 1979 until 1981. 1982 he became captain. His next command was the frigate HMS Brilliant from 1983 to 1984, before returning in 1986 Ministry of Defence. From 1984 to 1986 he was Captain (SM ) at the Submarine Sea Training Staff. Between 1986 and 1991 he worked in various positions in the Ministry of Defence, this included the Office of the Director of Naval Staff Duties. In 1988 he taught at the Royal College of Defence Studies. In 1988 he was Commodore, 1991, he was Rear Admiral ( "Rear Admiral "). In 1989 he was a senior officer of the Royal Navy in the Middle East. From 1991 to 1992 he was a flag officer ( Sea Trg ). From 1992 to 1994 he was Commander of the Anti- Submarine Warfare Striking Force. From 1992 to 1995 he was a flag officer in the Surface Flotilla. Boyce in 1994, in 1994 was promoted to Vice Admiral Admiral. From 1995 to 1997 he was Commander in Chief " Naval Home Command" and Second Sea Lord. 1997 he was appointed Commander -in- Chief "Fleet ", 1998 First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff appointed. From 1997 to 1998 he was Commander in Chief Eastern Atlantic and Commander Allied Naval Forces North Western Europe. He was Chief of the Defence Staff in 2001. In 2003 he resigned from this post and was Colonel Commandant of the Special Boat Service.

Membership in the House of Lords

Boyce was appointed Life peer as Baron Boyce, of Pimlico in the City of Westminster in 2003. In the House of Lords he sits as a cross Bencher. He is a member of several special committees. From 2005 to 2006 he was a member of the "European Union Subcommittee C " Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy ( Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy ). 2006 to 2008 he was co-opted member. He was one of several retired Chiefs of Defence Staff, who commented on the issue of criminal prosecution of soldiers before the International Criminal Court in the Upper House. On December 3, 2009, he testified in the Iraq inquiry.

Other offices and honors

1982 Boyce was named in the Queen's Birthday Honours for Officer of the Order of the British Empire ( OBE). In 1995 he was appointed to the New Year Honours for Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ( KCB ). Boyce was 1999 Freeman of the City of London. He was Knight ( "Knight ") of the Venerable Order of Saint John in 2002. He is a member of the Supervisory Board since 2003 ( "Council") of the " White Ensign Association " and since 2008 its chairman.

Since 2003 he has been President ( "Knight ") of the Officers Association and director of the Naval and Military Club. He is patron of the Submariners Association Also since 2003. In 2004 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London. In May 2004, he was Non-Executive Director of WS Atkins PLC. In July of the same year he was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports as a successor to the late Queen Mother Elizabeth. Boyce was the first former Chief of the Naval Staff in this office. Since 2004 he is director of VT Group Public Limited Company and President of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum. He is also since 2004, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at, since 2006 as a trustee. Since 2005 he is a trustee of the National Liberal Lib Maritime Museum. Since 2006 he has Elder Brother of Trinity House. In 2011, he was named Elizabeth II as a Knight of the Garter.