Nigel Henderson

Sir Nigel Henderson
Sir Nigel Henderson in 1957
Born	1 August 1909
Died	2 August 1993 (aged 84)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1927–1971
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Protector HMS Kenya Plymouth Command
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Nigel Stuart Henderson GBE KCB DL (1 August 1909 – 2 August 1993) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.

Henderson joined the Royal Navy in 1927. He served in World War II as a gunnery officer. After the war he became Naval Attaché in Rome and then, from 1951, commanded the patrol vessel HMS Protector.

He was appointed Commanding Officer at the Royal Naval Air Station at Bramcote in 1952 and was Captain of the cruiser HMS Kenya from 1955. He became Vice Naval Deputy and then Naval Deputy to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1957 and Director General of Training at the Admiralty in 1960. In 1962 he was made Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. He was made Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. and UK Military Representative to NATO in 1965 and then Chairman of the NATO Military Committee in 1968. He retired in 1971.