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Sir Robert Henry Gervase Fulton, (born 1948) is a retired British Royal Marines officer who served as

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from 2006 to 2009.

Career

Educated at

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and the

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where he graduated with a

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, Fulton joined the Royal Marines in 1972.Biography at EDA
After serving as a

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for a number of years, he was appointed to the Staff College at

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. He became a company commander in 42 Commando in 1983 and then undertook various staff appointments before joining the Directing Staff of the Army Staff College, Camberley in 1990. Fulton was appointed commanding officer of 42 Commando in 1992, Assistant Director for CIS Operational Requirements in 1994, and a member of the Rapid Reaction Force Operations Staff in

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in 1995. After attending the

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and then the Higher Command and Staff Course in 1996, he became commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1997, Commandant-General Royal Marines in 1998 and equipment capability manager at the Ministry of Defence in 2001. In 2003 was promoted to

lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

on appointment as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability). He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Birthday Honours. In September 2006, Fulton took over as

. He was Britain's first governor to witness change in the Gibraltar constitution since 1967. He was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John on 5 August 2009, and his term as governor ended in October 2009. In April 2007 it was announced that Fulton would lead an enquiry into the capture of 15 British military personnel by Iranian forces; he reported to

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later that year. A

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, Fulton serves as a Court Assistant of the

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and, in July 2010, became

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of the

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Family

From a Devon family, Fulton married Midge Free in 1975 and they have two sons.Gibraltar welcomes new Governor

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