      
THE CHAIRMAN
Society Join President Chairman Founder
Sir James Caird Beardmore Docker Dame Janet
THE SOCIETY'S CHAIRMAN
DISTINGUISHED FORMER NATO COMMANDER TAKES OVER THE HELM OF THE JCS
In November 2006 the James Caird Society was delighted to welcome as its new Chairman Admiral Sir James Perowne, KBE, who succeeded Major-General Patrick Fagan, CB MBE.
James Perowne retired from the Royal Navy five years ago after 37 years' service during which he rose to become Nato's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic. Educated at Sherborne and at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, James joined the service in 1965 and became a submarine specialist (like the Society's Hon. Treasurer, Cmdr. John McGregor, OBE, also a Dartmouth graduate). He went on to command HMS Opportune, and then served on HMS Warrior and the nuclear-powered surveillance submarine HMS Superb.
Created OBE, James took charge of a squadron of 10 nuclear-powered submarines and was subsequently given command of the entire British submarine fleet, with the title Flag Officer Submarines. Promoted Captain, following a period on the British Embassy staff in Washington he commanded two frigates, HMS Boxer (including service in the Gulf during the Iran-Iraq tanker war) and then HMS Norfolk, assuming command of the 6th Frigate Squadron. Promoted Rear Admiral, James served as Senior Naval Member at the Royal College of Defence Studies, then Flag Officer Submarines and Commander Submarines Eastern Atlantic/North Western Europe. In 1998 he returned to the USA as Deputy Supreme Commander Atlantic, NATO, based at Supreme Allied Command in Norfolk, Virginia. During this period he received his knighthood.
'Royal Navy Perspective' - a speech by Sir James Perowne, together with a biography
Now part-time Chairman of WaterVoice Central, the body which represents and champions the interests of Midlands customers of the Severn-Trent and South Staffordshire Water Companies, he serves as a lay member of the Judiciary Review Board and the General Medical Council's Fitness to Practice Panel. He remains President of the Submariners' Association, the Association of Royal Navy Officers and the Royal Navy Benevolent Society for Officers, and is a Trustee of the British Forces Association.
The Royal Naval Association
The Association of Royal Navy Officers
The Submariners Association
James is married to Nicola, has four grown up sons and a growing number of grandchildren. His many keen interests include golf, canal boating and classic cars.
'Surveys in South Georgia', Patrick's account of the groundbreaking Services Expedition (full access restricted)
Sir James's predecessor as Chairman, Major-General Patrick Fagan, has a special Shackleton connection in that he was a key member of the landmark Combined Services Expedition to South Georgia which traversed, climbed, explored, charted and surveyed the island in 1964-5. Patrick was thus one of the first to retrace the route taken by Shackleton, Worsley and Crean in 1916.
Happily, after six years as Chairman in succession to the Society's Founder, Harding Dunnett, Patrick continues to be an active and interested member, and is a regular and welcome figure at James Caird Society events.
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