David Jenkins (British Army officer)

David Jenkins
Birth name	David John Malcolm Jenkins
Born	(1945-01-02) 2 January 1945 (age 79)[1] Burton, Staffordshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1965—2000
Rank	Major-General
Service number	477782
Unit	Queen's Own Hussars
Commands	Royal Military College of Science
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General David John Malcolm Jenkins CB CBE (born 2 January 1945) is a retired British Army officer and a former Master-General of the Ordnance.

Military career

Jenkins was commissioned into the Queen's Own Hussars in 1965.[2]

In 1994, he became Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[3] Then in 1996 he was appointed Director-General for Land Systems[4] and in 1998 he became an Executive Director at the Defence Procurement Agency and Master-General of the Ordnance.[5] He retired in 2000.[6]

He was appointed colonel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in 1997[7] He was then briefly Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps[8] in 1999, before becoming Colonel of the Queen's Royal Hussars later in the year.[9]

In retirement, he became Under-Treasurer at Gray's Inn.[10]

References

1. "Jenkins, Maj.-Gen. David John Malcolm". Who's Who. Archived from the original on 18 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
2. "No. 43576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1965. p. 1675.
3. "No. 53828". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 October 1994. p. 14913.
4. "No. 54602". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 December 1996. p. 1.
5. "No. 55312". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1998. p. 12486.
6. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
7. "No. 54937". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 November 1997. p. 12372.
8. "No. 55391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1999. p. 1185.
9. "No. 55601". The London Gazette. 7 September 1999. p. 9591.
10. Inns-based chambers risk falling foul of disability laws The Lawyer, 11 October 2004

Military offices
Preceded by Edmund Burton	Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science 1994–1996	Succeeded by Alistair Irwin
Preceded by Sir Robert Hayman-Joyce	Master-General of the Ordnance 1998–2000	Succeeded by Peter Gilchrist