Derek Anthony

Rear Admiral Derek James Anthony MBE (born 2 November 1947) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland.

Anthony joined the Royal Navy in 1966. After qualifying as a submariner and being given command of the submarines HMS Onslaught and then HMS Warspite, he became captain of the frigate HMS Cumberland in 1991. He was appointed Director of Naval Service Conditions at the Ministry of Defence in 1993, Deputy Flag Officer Submarines in 1996 and naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1997 before becoming Flag Officer, Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 2000 and retiring in 2003.

In retirement he became Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

He is married to Denyse; they have two married daughters.