{{Short description|British Army general (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Major General |name= Paul Nanson |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|CBE}} |image= Paul Nanson (cropped).jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=y|10 May 1965}} |birth_place= Ormskirk, Lancashire, England |death_date= |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= British Army |service_years= 1986–2020 |rank= Major General |service_number= 522686 |unit= Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |commands= Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (2015–2020)<br/>7th Armoured Brigade (2011–2013)<br/>1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2006–2008) |battles= The Troubles<br/>Gulf War<br/>Bosnian War<br/>Iraq War<br/>War in Afghanistan |awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Commander of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |other_work= }} Major General '''Paul Anthony Edward Nanson''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (born 10 May 1965) is a retired British Army officer who served as Commander 7th Armoured Brigade, Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and General Officer Commanding Recruiting and Initial Training Command.

==Early life and education== Nanson was born in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.<ref>'NANSON, Maj. Gen. Paul Anthony Edward', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U283305 Retrieved 21 June 2017]</ref>

==Military career== Nanson was commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in January 1986.<ref name=taylors>{{cite web|url=http://www.merchanttaylors.com/merchant-taylors-connected/paul-nanson:-from-ccf-to-the-desert-rats.....html|title=Paul Nanson (1983 Leaver) – From CCF to the Desert Rats|publisher=Merchant Taylors School|access-date=2 November 2015|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125183206/http://www.merchanttaylors.com/merchant-taylors-connected/paul-nanson:-from-ccf-to-the-desert-rats.....html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in 2006 and was deployed to Iraq.<ref name=fus>{{cite web|url=http://www.fusiliers-association.co.uk/Lancashire/lancashire.htm|title=Fusilier Association|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> He went on to be chief of staff for 1st (United Kingdom) Armoured Division in Germany in 2008,<ref name=fus/> commander of the 7th Armoured Brigade in March 2011 and Director (Army) at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf|title=Ministry of Defence Senior Posts|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 26 February 2015 for distinguished services in Afghanistan.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=61155|supp=y|page=3470|date=26 February 2015}}</ref>

thumb|right|Nanson at Sandhurst in 2019 Nanson became Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in September 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title= Army Commands|access-date=2 November 2015}}</ref> He was given the additional appointment of General Officer Commanding Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command in 2018, a post in which he continued after finishing his 5-year term at the Royal Military academy, Sandhurst as commandant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalmemorialchapel.com/Newsletter2018Summer.pdf|title=The Friends of the Royal Memorial Chapel Summer 2018|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-date=16 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153544/http://www.royalmemorialchapel.com/Newsletter2018Summer.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Nanson was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2020 New Year Honours,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62866|supp=y|page=N2|date=28 December 2019}}</ref> and retired from the British Army on 4 November that year.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Lockdown tips from Major General Paul Nanson (1983) |url=https://alumni.merchanttaylors.com/news/20836 |work=alumni.merchanttaylors.com |date=30 June 2020 |access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=63170 |date=10 November 2020 |page=19047 |supp= y}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Stuart Skeates}} {{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|years=2015–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Duncan Capps}} {{Clear}} {{s-new}} {{s-ttl|title=GOC Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command|years=2018–2020}} {{s-aft|after=Chris Bell}} |- {{s-bef|before=David J. Paterson}} {{s-ttl|title=Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers|years=2015–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}}

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