About Rodney Lees
Born 1944. Rodney Lees is a naval officer.
Rear Admiral Rodney Burnett Lees, CVO (born 31 December 1944) is a former senior Royal Navy officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1998 to 2001.
Naval career Educated at Charterhouse School, Lees joined the Royal Navy in 1962. He decided to undertake legal training from 1974 and was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1976.
Family In 1969 he married Rosemary Elizabeth Blake; they had two sons. Following the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Molly McEwen in 1982.
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Royal Navy admiral
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Rodney Lees was born on 31 December 1944.
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