David Jenkins (British Army officer)

David Jenkins
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1965 — 2000
Rank Major-General
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE is a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[1]

In 1994 he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[2] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[3] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[4] He retired in 2000.

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[5] and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[6] and Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars.[7]

In retirement he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[8]

References

  1. "No. 43576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1965. p. 1675.
  2. "No. 53828". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1994. p. 14913.
  3. "No. 54602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1996. p. 1.
  4. "No. 55312". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1998. p. 12486.
  5. "No. 55391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1999. p. 1185.
  6. "No. 54937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 1997. p. 12372.
  7. "No. 55601". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 September 1999. p. 9591.
  8. Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce
Master-General of the Ordnance
19982000
Succeeded by
Peter Gilchrist


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