Paul Haddacks
{{Short description|British Royal Navy admiral (born 1946)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Vice Admiral
|name = Sir Paul Haddacks
|honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|KCB}}
|image = Paul Haddacks (cropped).jpg
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|caption = Haddacks in 2019
|order = 28th
|office = Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
|term_start = 17 October 2005
|term_end = 1 April 2011
|monarch = Elizabeth II
|predecessor = Ian Macfadyen
|successor = Adam Wood
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|10|27|df=y}}
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|nationality = British
|spouse = Penny, Lady Haddacks[http://www.nato.int/ims/bios/haddacks-e.htm NATO Biography]
|residence = Chichester, West Sussex[https://web.archive.org/web/20110408125235/http://www.manxtube.com/video/2906/Governor-p3 The Governor]
|alma_mater = Britannia Royal Naval College
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|allegiance = United Kingdom
|branch = Royal Navy
|serviceyears = 1964–2004
|rank = Vice Admiral
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|commands = {{HMS|Intrepid|L11|6}}
{{HMS|Naiad|F39|6}}
{{HMS|Cleopatra|F28|6}}
HMS Scimitar
|battles = Gulf War
|mawards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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Vice Admiral Sir Paul Kenneth Haddacks, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|KCB}} (born 27 October 1946) is a retired senior officer of the Royal Navy who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 2005 to 2011.
Early life
Haddacks was born on 27 October 1946. He was educated at Kingswood School, in Bath.
Naval career
Having attended the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Haddacks joined the Royal Navy in 1964 and specialised in navigation. He commanded successively the frigates {{HMS|Cleopatra|F28|6}} and {{HMS|Naiad|F39|6}}. He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 February 1977,{{London Gazette|issue=47149|supp=y|page=2121| date=15 February 1977}} to commander on 31 December 1979,{{London Gazette|issue=48080|supp=y|page=1435| date=28 January 1980}} and to captain on 31 December 1984.{{London Gazette|issue=50020| supp=y|page=1241|date=28 January 1985}} He went on to be assistant director of Navy Plans in the Ministry of Defence and was later given command of the assault ship {{HMS|Intrepid|L11|6}}. He became Senior Naval Officer Middle East and commander of UK maritime forces during Operation Desert Shield in 1990, Assistant Chief of Staff Policy and Requirements Division at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in 1994 and UK Military Representative to NATO in 1997. He was appointed Director of the International Military Staff at NATO in 2001 and retired in 2004.
Later life
Haddacks was the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 17 October 2005 until 1 April 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=51155|title=Island says farewell to governor|date=1 April 2011|publisher=Manx Radio|accessdate=3 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927100248/http://www.manxradio.com/newsread.aspx?id=51155|archivedate=27 September 2011}}
Honours and decorations
In the 2000 New Year Honours, Haddacks was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB).{{London Gazette |issue=55710 |date=31 December 1999 |page=2 |supp=y }}
He was appointed Honorary Colonel of the Isle of Man Army Cadet Force on 1 November 2005.{{London Gazette |issue=57845 |date=20 December 2005 |page=16383 |supp=y }}
References
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{{s-bef | before = Sir John Cheshire}}
{{s-ttl | title = UK Military Representative to NATO | years =1997–2000}}
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{{s-bef|before=Michael Kerruish
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{{s-ttl|title=Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man|years=2005–2011}}
{{s-aft|after=Adam Wood}}
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{{Governor of the Isle of Man}}
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Category:Royal Navy vice admirals
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
Category:People educated at Kingswood School, Bath
Category:Lieutenant governors of the Isle of Man