Vice Admiral Sir Nicholas John Hill-Norton, (born 13 July 1939) is a retired senior

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) from 1992 to 1995.

Early life and family

Born the son of Lieutenant Peter Hill-Norton (later Admiral of the Fleet

Lord Hill-Norton Admiral of the Fleet Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton, (8 February 1915 – 16 May 2004) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser operating on the Western Approaches and in the N ...

) and Eileen Linstow on 13 July 1939,Obituary: Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill-Norton
The Telegraph, 19 May 2004 Hill-Norton was educated at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth. In 1966, Hill-Norton married Ann Jennifer Mason; they had two sons and one daughter.

Naval career

Hill-Norton joined the

in 1957.''

Who's Who ''Who's Who'' (or ''Who is Who'') is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biography, biographical information on the prominent people of a country. The title has been adopted as an expression meaning a gr ...

2010'',

A & C Black A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The company is noted for publishing '' Who's Who'' since 1849. It also published popular travel guides and novels. History The firm was founded in 18 ...

, 2010, He became commanding officer of the

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

in 1974, commander of the

Fishery Protection Squadron The Overseas Patrol Squadron (known as the Fishery Protection Squadron until 2020) is a front-line Squadron (naval), squadron of the Royal Navy with responsibility for patrolling the UK's Extended Fisheries Zone, both at home and around British Ov ...

in 1978, commanding officer of the

destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...

in 1980 and commanding officer of the

aircraft carrier An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a ...

in 1983. He was appointed Director of Naval Staff Duties from April 1985 to June 1987. He went on to be Flag Officer Gibraltar in 1987,

Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla The Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla was a senior British Royal Navy appointment from 1990 to 2002. When the post of Commander-in-Chief Fleet was created in 1971, three major subordinate appointments were also created: First Flotilla, Second Flotill ...

and Commander Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Force Atlantic in 1990 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) in 1992, before retiring in 1995.

Later life

In retirement, Hill-Norton became a defence advisor to GEC-Marconi and then to

BAE Systems BAE Systems plc (BAE) is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company based in London, England. It is the largest defence contractor in Europe, and ranked the seventh-largest in the world based on applicable 2021 revenues. ...

. In 2000, he replaced Sir John Foley as the Chairman of the British Greyhound Racing Board, a position he resigned in 2002.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hill-Norton, Nicholas 1939 births Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Living people People educated at Marlborough College Royal Navy vice admirals People in greyhound racing Sons of life peers