Iain Lower
{{Short description|Royal Navy officer}}
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|serviceyears= 1992–2022
|rank= Rear Admiral
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Rear Admiral Iain Stuart Lower, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|CB}} is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) 2020-2022. He is the current Deputy Master of Trinity House.{{cite web | title=The Court | website=Trinity House | url=https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/about-us/governance/the-court | language=en-GB | access-date=2025-02-23}}
Royal Navy career
Lower joined the Royal Navy on 1 May 1992.{{London Gazette|issue=53014|page=13561|supp=y|date=10 August 1992}} He became commanding officer of the destroyer {{HMS|Gloucester|D96|6}} in 2009 and,{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/8065002.stm |title=Service to bless HMS Gloucester |date=23 May 2009|publisher=BBC|accessdate=17 December 2020}} in that capacity, was deployed to the South Atlantic.{{cite web|url=https://en.mercopress.com/2009/06/12/hms-gloucester-sets-off-for-the-south-atlantic |title=HMS Gloucester sets off for the South Atlantic|date=12 June 2009|publisher=Merco Press|accessdate=17 December 2020}} He went on to become commanding officer of the destroyer {{HMS|Dragon|D35|6}} in 2013,{{cite web|url=https://www.adsadvance.co.uk/new-wildcat-drops-in-on-hms-dragon.html|title= New Wildcat drops in on HMS Dragon|date=19 March 2014|publisher=ADS Advance|accessdate=17 December 2020}} Head of Military Plans for Africa and the Americas in 2014, and the Chief of the Defence Staff's personal Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://londoninternationalshippingweek.com/board-members/radm-iain-s-lower/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201062758/https://londoninternationalshippingweek.com/board-members/radm-iain-s-lower/|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2020|title=Rear Admiral Iain S. Lower MA|publisher=International Shipping Week|accessdate=17 December 2020}} After that he became Director for Strategy, International Relations, Maritime Sector, Parliamentary & Academic Engagement in September 2017,{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf|title=Senior Royal Navy Appointments|accessdate=17 December 2020}} and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) from November 2020 until November 2022,{{London Gazette|issue=63191|page=20334|supp=y|date=1 December 2020}} when he retired from active royal navy service.{{London Gazette|issue=63914|page=24831|supp=y|date=28 December 2022}}
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
After leaving Royal Navy service, he worked at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, as the Director of Strategy, Communications & Commonwealth Affairs.{{cite web | title=Trinity House nominates new Deputy Master and Chief Executive Officer | website=Trinity House | url=https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news/trinity-house-nominates-new-deputy-master-and-chief-executive-officer | language=en-GB | access-date=2025-02-23}}
Trinity House
In September 2023, he was nominated to become Deputy Master of Trinity House, replacing Captain Ian McNaught. In February 2024, he took up his position as Deputy Master.{{cite web | title=Rear Admiral Iain Lower becomes Deputy Master and Chief Executive of Trinity House | website=Trinity House | url=https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/news/rear-admiral-iain-lower-becomes-deputy-master-and-chief-executive-of-trinity-house | language=en-GB | access-date=2025-02-23}} He was also sworn in as Elder Brethren of the court.{{cite web | last=Ashmore | first=Jehan | title=New Elder Brethren Welcomed by General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales & Channel Islands | website=Afloat – Ireland's Sailing and Boating Magazine | date=2023-10-17 | url=https://afloat.ie/port-news/lighthouses/item/60899-new-elder-brethren-at-trinity-house-welcomed-to-general-lighthouse-authority-for-england-wales-channel-islands#google_vignette | access-date=2025-02-23}}
Other work
Lower has been a Trustee of The Seafarers' Charity since 2021.{{cite web | last=McBride | first=Oliver | title=The Seafarers’ Charity announces appointment of two new Trustees | website=The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News | date=2021-03-17 | url=https://thefishingdaily.com/featured-news/the-seafarers-charity-announces-appointment-of-two-new-trustees/ | access-date=2025-02-23}}
Honours
Lower was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2022 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette|issue=63714|page=B2|supp=y|date=2 June 2022}}
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Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Royal Navy personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)