Richard Swinburn
Sir Richard Swinburn | |
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Born | 30 October 1937 |
Died | 11 October 2017 Dummer, Hampshire, UK | (aged 79)
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Years of service | 1957–1995 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands | 17th/21st Lancers 7th Armoured Brigade 1st Armoured Division South East District |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Lieutenant General Sir Richard Hull Swinburn KCB (30 October 1937 – 11 October 2017)[1] was Commander of the UK Field Army.
Military career
Educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Swinburn was commissioned into the 17th/21st Lancers in 1957.[2] He became Commanding Officer of 17th/21st Lancers in 1979 and Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1983.[3] He went on to be General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division in 1987 and Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1989.[3] He was made GOC South East District in 1990 (which was retitled 'Southern District' in 1992).[3] He was then made Commander UK Field Army in 1994[3] and retired in 1995.[4]
He was given the colonelcy of the Queen's Royal Lancers from 1995 to 2001.[5]
Family
He was the son of Major-General Henry Robinson Swinburn and Naomi Hull. His maternal grandfather was Major-General Sir Charles Hull and his uncle was Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull. In 1964 he married Jane Elise Brodie who died in 2001.[3] In September 2012, it was announced that he was engaged to Susan Ferguson (née Deptford), the widow of Major Ronald Ferguson and the stepmother of Sarah, Duchess of York.[6] They married in December 2012: Prince Andrew, the Duchess of York, and their two daughters attended Sir Richard and Lady Swinburn's wedding celebrations.[7]
References
- ^ Swinburn
- ^ "No. 41191". The London Gazette. 1 October 1957. p. 5759.
- ^ a b c d e Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1996
- ^ "The Queen's Royal Lancers". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ "Duchess of York's delight as stepmother finds love with Army hero". The Telegraph. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ^ "Beatrice and Eugenie share Duchess of York's joy as stepmother remarries". Hello.