Lieutenant General Nicholas Charles Laybourne Perry, DSO, MBE (born c. 1972) is a British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the General Staff between 2021 and 2022.
[2] Educated at Ampleforth College[3] and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Perry was commissioned into the Royal Hussars on 12 September 1992.
[4] After serving as Chief of Staff for Task Force Helmand in winter 2010,[5] and commanding 22 SAS Regiment in 2012,[6] Perry became military advisor to the Prime Minister in 2015.
[7] He went on to be commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in 2017,[8] and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in March 2021.
[9] He was promoted to lieutenant general on 15 November 2024,[10] as he was appointed Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters.