James Fanshawe (Royal Navy officer)

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James Rupert Fanshawe
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Born1952
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Service / branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Navy
Years of service1970 – 2005
Rank Commodore
Commands HMS Hurworth
HMS Cleopatra
HMS Fearless
Commander UK Task Group
Commander Devonport Flotilla
Awards Order of the British Empire (Military) Ribbon.png Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Commodore James Fanshawe CBE (born 1953) is a retired Royal Navy officer. Fanshawe has been Chairman of numerous organisations since his retirement in 2005.

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Fanshawe joined the Royal Navy in 1970 and rose to the rank of Commodore, notably commanding HMS Hurworth, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Fearless, UK Task Group and the Devonport Flotilla. He was Commander of the Coalition Maritime Component in the Middle East and Director of Plans at Permanent Joint Headquarters. He notably planned evacuation and stabilisation operations in Sierra Leone in 2000 which were central to Operation Palliser; he also took control of several response operations immediately following the September 11 attacks in 2001. Fanshawe received CBE in 2004 [1] but retired one year later, after 35 years of service.

Retirement

Since retiring from the Royal Navy in 2005, Fanshawe has been the defence advisor to Allocate Software plc., [2] Chairman of the London Alumni branch of Manchester Business School, Executive Chairman of Marine One Stop Technologies Ltd [3] and of the Home Port of Shoreham Trustee Company. [4]

Personal life

Fanshawe was educated firstly at St. George's School, Windsor Castle (where he was Head Chorister). From there he went onto Winchester College [5] in Winchester, Hampshire before joining the Royal Navy in 1970. In 1999, he was made a Freeman of the City of London. He currently lives near Chichester with his wife. [6] His brother was the composer, the late David Fanshawe.

Politics

Fanshawe was elected Chairman of the Chichester Conservative Association in March 2013. [7]

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References

  1. "Honours include service personnel". BBC News. 31 December 2004.
  2. "Home". allocatesoftware.com.
  3. "MOST biography of James Fanshawe". Marine One Stop Technologies. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
  4. "Home". shoreham-port.co.uk.
  5. "Linkedin profile of James Fanshawe". Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  6. "Extra special Trafalgar Night". Harrogate Advertiser. 1 November 2005.
  7. "CCA biography of James Fanshawe, CBE". Chichester Conservative Association. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.