John McAnally

Vice Admiral John Henry Stuart McAnally CB LVO (born 9 April 1945) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Naval career
McAnally joined the Royal Navy in 1967. He served on HMY Britannia from 1980 and commanded successively the frigates HMS Torquay, HMS Alacrity, HMS Ariadne and then HMS Hermione from 1984. He went on to be Assistant Director of Naval Plans in 1989, Director of Naval Logistics Policy in 1993 and Director of Naval Staff in 1994. After that he became Flag Officer, Training and Recruiting in 1996 and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1998 before he retired in 2001.

In retirement he became an advisor to Flagship Training.