Michael Wilkins (Royal Marines officer)

For the American lawyer and judge, see Michael J. Wilkins.

Sir Michael Wilkins
Lieutenant General Wilkins in 1986
Born	(1933-01-04)4 January 1933
Died	25 April 1994(1994-04-25) (aged 61)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Marines
Years of service	1951–1987
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	Commandant General Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade 40 Commando
Battles / wars	Cyprus Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation The Troubles
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Lieutenant General Sir Michael Compton Lockwood Wilkins, KCB, OBE (4 January 1933 – 25 April 1994) was a senior Royal Marines officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1990 to 1994.

Military career

Wilkins joined the Royal Marines in 1951.[1] He was appointed Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1979, Chief of Staff of the Royal Marines in 1981 (a post he held during the Falklands War and during which he was Acting Commandant General following the attack on Lieutenant General Sir Steuart Pringle),[2] and Commander of Commando Forces in 1982.[3] He went on to be Commandant General Royal Marines in 1984 before retiring in 1987.[3] In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey and died in office.[4]

Wilkins lived at Coombe Hill in Devon.[5]

References

1. "No. 39348". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 October 1951. p. 5118.
2. Obituary: Major-General Sir Jeremy Moore Daily Telegraph, 18 September 2007
3. Royal Navy appointments Archived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. Guernsey Government 1991
5. "Houses". Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Steuart Pringle	Commandant General Royal Marines 1985–1987	Succeeded by Sir Martin Garrod
Government offices
Preceded by Sir Alexander Boswell	Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey 1990–1994	Succeeded by Sir John Coward