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James Dutton

Former Governor of Gibraltar and a Royal Marines officer

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Also known as Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin Dutton · Jim Dutton · Sir James Dutton

Born: February 21, 1954
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: military personnel
, military officer
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Positions held: Governor of Gibraltar(2013–2015)
Education: City, University of London
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin "Jim" Dutton, is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar. He held various staff positions in his early career, before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier, he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the Ministry of Defence in London, as Director of NATO policy, and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks, where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.

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