Norman Arthur
Sir Norman Arthur | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 March 1931 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1951–1988 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 7th Armoured Brigade 3rd Armoured Division General Officer Commanding Scotland |
| Battles / wars | Operation Banner |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Lieutenant General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur, KCB, CVO (born 6 March 1931) was General Officer Commanding in Scotland.
Military career
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Arthur was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1951.[1] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he was part of the British equestrian team for the three-day event; he withdrew after the cross-country phase.[2]
He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1972[1] and mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1974 during The Troubles.[3] He became Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1976.[1]
He went on to be General Officer Commanding 3rd Armoured Division in 1980 and Director of Personal Services (Army) in 1983.[1] He was given the colonelcy of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1984, a position he held until 1998.[4] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1985; he retired in 1988.[1]
In 1996 he became Lord Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway Region,[5] and held this post until succeeded by Malcolm Ross in March 2006.[6]
Family
In 1960 he married Theresa Mary Hopkinson; they went on to have two sons (one of whom died) and a daughter.[1] He married again in 2012 to Jillian Andrews.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ Olympic Sports
- ^ "No. 46527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 March 1975. p. 3978.
- ^ "The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) at". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Frost's Scottish Who's Who Archived 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant Of The Stewartry Sir Malcolm Ross Retires". DGWGO. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Announcements The Telegraph
- 1931 births
- Living people
- People educated at Eton College
- Royal Scots Greys officers
- Royal Scots Dragoon Guards officers
- British Army generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
- British event riders
- Olympic equestrians of Great Britain
- British male equestrians
- Equestrians at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Lord-Lieutenants of Kirkcudbright
- British military personnel of the Troubles