Nicholas Pope

Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Arthur William Pope, (born 1962) is a former senior British Army officer. He served as the last Master-General of the Ordnance from 2011 to 2013 when the position was abolished and then as Deputy Chief of the General Staff from 2015 to 2019.

Early life and education Pope was born in 1962. He was educated at Desborough School in Maidenhead, and Jesus College, Cambridge.

Military career Pope was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals in 1981. and became Director of Battlefield Manoeuvre and Master-General of the Ordnance in November 2011. He became Director General Capability in October 2013, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff in December 2015. Pope was Master of the Royal Corps of Signals and Colonel Commandant of the Brigade of Gurkhas.

Pope was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.

In 2022, he was appointed as Chair of Cobseo, the military charities confederation. He was also appointed Non Executive Director of Pearson Engineering, a defence manufacturing company in Newcastle upon Tyne. Pope is also Chair of Governors at Godolphin School in Salisbury.