Richard Coleridge, 4th Baron Coleridge

Richard Duke Coleridge, 4th Baron Coleridge KBE DL (24 September 1905 – 20 May 1984) was a captain in the Royal Navy and served as the first Executive Secretary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from 1952 to 1970.

[2] Coleridge was invested as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1944.

He was Chief Staff Officer to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Lord Tedder.

He was invested as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1951.

He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1971.