Sir Norman Arthur
Born (1931-03-06) 6 March 1931
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1951–1988
RankLieutenant-General
Commands heldRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards
7th Armoured Brigade
3rd Armoured Division
General Officer Commanding Scotland
Battles/warsOperation Banner
AwardsKnight 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. ↑ Olympic Sports
  3. ↑ "No. 46527". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 March 1975. p. 3978.
  4. ↑ "The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) at". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Frost's Scottish Who's Who Archived 2011-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant Of The Stewartry Sir Malcolm Ross Retires". DGWGO. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Announcements The Telegraph
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