# Rodney Lees

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| name               = Rodney Lees
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[Rear Admiral](/source/Rear_Admiral) '''Rodney Burnett Lees''', [CVO](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order) (born 31 December 1944) is a former senior [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer who served as [Defence Services Secretary](/source/Defence_Services_Secretary) from 1998 to 2001.

==Naval career==
Educated at [Charterhouse School](/source/Charterhouse_School), Lees joined the Royal Navy in 1962.<ref name=WW>''[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK)) 2010'', [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-408-11414-8}}</ref> He decided to undertake legal training from 1974 and was [called to the bar](/source/Call_to_the_bar) at [Gray's Inn](/source/Gray's_Inn) in 1976.<ref name=WW/> He became Legal Advisor to the [Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command](/source/Second_Sea_Lord) in 1977, Deputy Chief Supply Officer (Pay) at the [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)) in 1980 and Supply Officer for the [aircraft carrier](/source/aircraft_carrier) [HMS ''Illustrious''](/source/HMS_Illustrious_(R06)) in 1982.<ref name=WW/> He went on to be Fleet Legal and Administration Officer in 1984, Secretary to the [Chief of Fleet Support](/source/Fourth_Sea_Lord) in 1986 and Deputy Command Secretary to the [Commander-in-Chief Fleet](/source/Commander-in-Chief_Fleet) in 1988.<ref name=WW/> After that he became Secretary to the [First Sea Lord](/source/First_Sea_Lord) in 1990, Director of Defence Personnel in 1992 and Chief of Staff to the [Second Sea Lord](/source/Second_Sea_Lord) in 1995.<ref name=WW/> He served as [Defence Services Secretary](/source/Defence_Services_Secretary) and [Assistant Chief of Defence Staff](/source/Assistant_Chief_of_Defence_Staff) (Personnel and Reserves) from 1998 to 2001.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Civil service year book|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office|year=2000|isbn=9780114301583 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=muEjAQAAIAAJ&q=%22defence+services+secretary%22+%22rodney+lees%22}}</ref>

==Family==
In 1969 he married Rosemary Elizabeth Blake; they had two sons.<ref name=WW/> Following the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Molly McEwen in 1982.<ref name=WW/>

==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[Peter Harding](/source/Peter_Harding_(RAF_officer%2C_born_1940))}} 
{{s-ttl|title=[Defence Services Secretary](/source/Defence_Services_Secretary)|years=1998&ndash;2001}}
{{s-aft|after=[Christopher Elliott](/source/Christopher_Haslett_Elliott)}}
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Category:Royal Navy rear admirals
Category:Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
Category:Living people
Category:People educated at Charterhouse School
Category:1944 births

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