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Robert Fulton (Royal Marines officer)
Lieutenant General Sir Robert Henry Gervase Fulton, KBE, KStJ (born 1948)[1] is a retired British Royal Marines officer who served as Governor of Gibraltar from 2006 to 2009. CareerEducated at Eton College and the University of East Anglia where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Fulton joined the Royal Marines in 1972.[2] After serving as a junior officer for a number of years, he was appointed to the Staff College at Warminster.[2] He became a company commander in 42 Commando in 1983 and then undertook various staff appointments before joining the Directing Staff of the Army Staff College, Camberley in 1990.[2] Fulton was appointed commanding officer of 42 Commando in 1992, Assistant Director for CIS Operational Requirements in 1994, and a member of the Rapid Reaction Force Operations Staff in UNPROFOR in 1995.[2] After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies and then the Higher Command and Staff Course in 1996, he became commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1997, Commandant-General Royal Marines in 1998 and equipment capability manager at the Ministry of Defence in 2001.[2] In 2003 was promoted to lieutenant general on appointment as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Equipment Capability).[2] He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Birthday Honours.[3] In September 2006, Fulton took over as Governor of Gibraltar. He was Britain's first governor to witness change in the Gibraltar constitution since 1967. He was appointed a Knight of the Most Venerable Order of Saint John on 5 August 2009,[4] and his term as governor ended in October 2009.[2] In April 2007 it was announced that Fulton would lead an enquiry into the capture of 15 British military personnel by Iranian forces;[5] he reported to Parliament later that year.[6] A Freeman of the City of London, Fulton serves as a Court Assistant of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and, in July 2010, became chief executive officer of the Global Leadership Foundation.[7] He was appointed King of Arms of the Order of the British Empire in 2016,[8] serving as such until May 2024.[9] FamilyFulton married Midge Free in 1975; they had two sons before they separated in 2010.[1] See alsoReferences
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