Tony Johnstone-Burt

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Anthony Johnstone-Burt, (born 1 February 1958) is a retired Royal Navy officer who is currently serving as the Master of the Household. In this role, he took part in the 2023 Coronation.

Education Johnstone-Burt was educated at Wellington College and Van Mildert College at Durham University, where he took joint honours in Psychology and Anthropology in 1980. served in during the Falklands War. He qualified as a helicopter pilot in 1983 flying Sea Kings and Lynx helicopters. He qualified as a principal warfare officer and served in several frigates before being appointed as first lieutenant and second-in-command of in 1991. He was appointed commanding officer of in 1994 and went on to study at the United States Naval War College, where courses are affiliated with Salve Regina University in Rhode Island, taking a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from 1996 to 1997. He went on to be Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Joint Helicopter Command in 2005, Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 2006, and Commander of the Joint Helicopter Command in 2008 before being appointed Director of Counter Narcotics and International Organised Crime at Headquarters International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2011.

Johnstone-Burt was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2013 New Year Honours, and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 2020 Birthday Honours.

In 2013, Johnstone-Burt became the Master of the Household to the Sovereign. In this role, he took part in the 2023 Coronation. He was also a member of the Board of Governors and Chair at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls from 2014 to 2018. He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Dorset on 22 August 2016; this gave him the post-nominal letters "DL" for life. In 2025, Johnstone-Burt became a Visiting Fellow at the University of Oxford Centre for Corporate Reputation, an honorary position awarded to people whose work is deemed to be of high quality and relevance to the research mission of the University of Oxford.