Chris Brown

Lieutenant General Christopher Charles Brown is a retired British Army officer who was the last General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland.

Military career Educated at Brentwood School and University College, Cardiff, Brown was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1974.

In 1994 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. In March 2009 he was deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multinational Force, Iraq and in 2010 he became the Iraq Compendium Study Team Leader. He retired from the Army in 2010.

Later life After retiring from military service, Brown worked as an advisor to the African Union on security for the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum. He now works for the Brenthurst Foundation, an NGO, and lectures on diplomacy at the University of London.