Timothy Granville-Chapman

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Timothy Granville-Chapman
born 5 January 1947
General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman Photo: Crown copyright
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1968-
Rank	General
Commands held	Royal Horse Artillery Land Command Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff Colonel Commandant Honourable Artillery Company
Awards	GBE, KCB, ADC Gen

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General Sir Timothy John Granville-Chapman, GBE, KCB, ADC Gen (born 5 January 1947) is currently Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces.

After education at Charterhouse and the University of Cambridge, Granville-Chapman was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1968 and served at regimental duty until 1973. A tour as an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and a staff job in Military Operations in the Ministry of Defence preceded Staff College. Tours post Staff College included being Military Assistant to the Commander 1 (BR) Corps, command of an independent anti-tank battery in Germany, membership of the directing staff at the Staff College and command of a Royal Horse Artillery regiment in Germany. As a Colonel, after attending the Higher Command and Staff Course, he became an Assistant Director in the Defence Policy Staff in the Ministry of Defence, having first, as Chief of the General Staff's author, written the first version of the British Military Doctrine. Prior to attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1993 he commanded an armoured brigade in Germany and afterwards was for a short while Director of Army Staff Duties. He became Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1994 and in 1997 was appointed to create the new Joint Service Command and Staff College, closing the former single-service staff colleges and negotiating the permanent location for the new Staff College at Shrivenham in the process. He returned to the Army Board as Adjutant General in 2000, became Commander-in-Chief, Land Command in 2003 and was appointed Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 2005. He is unusual among current senior army officers having had very little operational experience outside Northern Ireland.

He was knighted in the New Year's Honours List in 2001. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the military division of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2007.

Military offices
New title College established	Commandant of the Joint Services Command and Staff College 1997–2000	Succeeded by B K Burridge
Preceded by Sir Michael Jackson	Commander-in-Chief, Land Command 2003–2005	Succeeded by Sir Richard Dannatt
Preceded by Sir Anthony Bagnall	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff 2005–Present	Incumbent