# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nick-houghton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:01:51.299Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nick-houghton"
name: "Nick Houghton"
slug: "nick-houghton"
description: "Field Marshal John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces. He was appointed CDS in July 2013, following the retirement of General Sir David Richards. He served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, the Green Howards in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and later became Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland. He deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq during the Iraq War. Later, he became Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters and served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff until assuming the position of CDS. Houghton retired from the British Army in July 2016, and was succeeded as CDS by Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach."
tagline: "British Army general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff%2C_General_Sir_Nicholas_Houghton_GCB%2C_CBE%2C_ADC_Gen._MOD_45155682.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1954-10-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.746082666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump