Nick Borton

Lieutenant General Sir Nicholas Robert Macrae Borton, (born 1969), is a retired British Army officer, who served as commander of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps from 2021 to 2024.

Early life and education Borton was born in 1969 in London, England. His father and a grandfather had served in the Highland Light Infantry. He was educated at Canford School, an independent boarding school in Dorset, England. He went on to study history and English literature at the University of Stirling, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1991.

Military career Borton was commissioned into the Royal Highland Fusiliers on 4 September 1988. After serving as a Staff Officer at the headquarters of Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq), He was appointed commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in April 2013, and Director of Overseas Operations at the Ministry of Defence in September 2015.

Borton was appointed General Officer Commanding the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division in December 2016. and then became Chief of Staff (Operations), Permanent Joint Headquarters in February 2019. and was promoted to lieutenant general on 16 December 2021. He handed over the responsibility of the corps to Sir Ralph Wooddisse in early 2024, and retired from the army on 15 June 2024.

Borton was Regimental Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland until March 2024, and is Colonel Commandant of the Army Air Corps. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2023 Birthday Honours.

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