Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland

The Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland (FOSNNI) is a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is based at HM Naval Base Clyde and the holder of the post is the Royal Navy’s senior officer in Scotland with representational duties everywhere north of the M4. The current incumbent is also the Flag Officer Reserves, but this is a distinct role. The post of FOSNNI is the successor to the now defunct Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland.

The Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland is the most senior naval position in Scotland and is the successor to a number of post names starting with the Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth, formed in 1913, just prior to the outbreak of the First World War. From 1946 the post became designated as the Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland. When the command moved from Rosyth to HMNB Clyde in 1994 so too did the designation change, becoming the Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 1994.

Admirals Commanding
Flag Officers have been:

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth 1913–1919

 * Admiral Sir Robert Lowry (July 1913 – June 1916)
 * Admiral Sir Frederick Hamilton (June 1916 – October 1917)
 * Admiral Sir Cecil Burney (October 1917 – March 1919)

Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland 1919–1939

 * Admiral Sir Herbert Heath (March 1919 – April 1922)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Green (April 1922 – June 1923)
 * Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt. (June 1923 – June 1925)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Walter Cowan (June 1925 – June 1926)
 * Rear-Admiral Humphrey Bowring (June 1926 – June 1928)
 * Rear-Admiral John Cameron (June 1928 – July 1929)
 * Rear-Admiral Theodore Hallett (July 1929 – July 1931)
 * Vice-Admiral the Hon. William Leveson-Gower (July 1931 – July 1933)
 * Rear-Admiral Everard Hardman-Jones (July 1933 – July 1935)
 * Rear-Admiral Robert Davenport (July 1935 – July 1937)
 * Vice-Admiral Evelyn Thomson (July 1937 – August 1939)

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth 1939–1946

 * Admiral Sir Charles Ramsey (August 1939 – June 1942)
 * Admiral Sir Wilbraham Ford (June 1942–? 1944)
 * Admiral Sir William Whitworth (June 1944 – July 1946)

Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland from 1946

 * Admiral Sir Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton (July 1946 – July 1948)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest Archer (July 1948 – July 1950)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Angus Cunninghame Graham (July 1950 – August 1951)
 * Rear-Admiral John Crombie (August 1951 – October 1953)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Robson (October 1953 – March 1956)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Cuthbert (March 1956 – July 1958)
 * Vice-Admiral David Luce (July 1958 – December 1959)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Royston Wright (December 1959 – September 1961)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Hezlet (September 1961 – June 1964)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir David Gregory (June 1964 – July 1966)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir John Hayes (July 1966 – July 1968)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McGeoch (July 1968 – May 1970)
 * Rear-Admiral David Dunbar-Nasmith (May 1970–1972)
 * Rear-Admiral Martin Lucey (July 1972 – August 1974)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony Troup (August 1974 – June 1977)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby (June 1977 – November 1979)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Baird (November 1979 – January 1982)
 * Vice-Admiral Robert Squires (January 1982 – December 1983)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Nicholas Hunt (December 1983 – May 1985)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir George Vallings (May 1985 – October 1987)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Jock Slater (October 1987 – February 1989)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Livesay (February 1989 – March 1991)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Hugo White (March 1991 – November 1992)
 * Vice-Admiral Sir Christopher Morgan (November 1992 – April 1996)

Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland from 1994

 * Rear Admiral John Tolhurst (April 1996 – September 1997)
 * Rear-Admiral Michael Gregory (September 1997 – August 2000)
 * Rear Admiral Derek Anthony (August 2000 to May 2003)
 * Rear Admiral Nick Harris (May 2003 to April 2006)
 * Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks (April 2006 to December 2006)
 * Rear-Admiral Anthony Johnstone-Burt (December 2006 – February 2008)
 * Rear Admiral Philip Jones (February 2008 to September 2008)
 * Rear Admiral Martin Alabaster (September 2008 to September 2011)
 * Rear-Admiral Christopher Hockley (September 2011–Present)