Career
Educated at Caterham School, Alexander Harley was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1962. He was mentioned in despatches for services in Northern Ireland in 1978. He went on to be Assistant Chief of Defence Staff in 1990 and Commander of British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 1993.
Harley became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) in 1995 and Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1997 before he retired in August 2000.
In 2001 he became Master Gunner, Saint James"s Park, a post he gave up in 2008. In retirement he also became an advisor to Thales Air Systems and a Vice-President of Raleigh International.
