Charles Style

Charles Rodney Style, is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2008 to 2012.

Naval career

The son of Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Style and his wife Sigrid, Style was educated at Eton and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he was an exhibitioner and graduated with a degree in geography in 1975. Upon graduation, he joined the Royal Navy and spent time at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth. He commanded the frigates and and the aircraft carrier. He was appointed Equipment Capability Manager for Precision Attack in 2002, Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces in 2004 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in 2006. In 2007 he had to deal with the detention of fifteen Royal Navy personnel by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. He became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2008.