Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, of Craigiebank in the City of Dundee GCB LVO OBE DL ( born November 17 1938) is a British former general, the last from 1997 to 2001 Chief of Defence Staff (Chief of the Defence Staff ) the armed forces of the United Kingdom was and is a life peer member of the House of Lords since 2001.

Life

Officer and staff officer

After attending Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Guthrie joined in 1959 to his military service in the Welsh Guards and was promoted on June 1, 1961 Lieutenant. After uses in the Army of the Rhine and in Aden, he was promoted on July 25, 1965 to Captain and then served as an officer at the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS ) Regiment in Aden, the Persian Gulf, Malaysia and East Africa.

On December 31, 1970, he was after his promotion to major company commander of a mechanized infantry company of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in the Muenster and graduated after 1972, the General Staff School ( Staff College ) in Camberley. After completing his general staff training Guthrie was 1973-1974 Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the British Army in the Defense Ministry. During its subsequent use as a deputy commander of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in London and Cyprus, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1976 and served 1976-1977 as Brigade Major and Chief of Staff of a brigade of the Household Division and in 1977 with the appointment as Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order honored.

Guthrie was then 1977-1980 Commander ( Commanding Officer ) of the employed in Berlin and Northern Ireland 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and the received during this period on 31 December 1979 he was promoted to colonel. For his service during its use in Northern Ireland, he was awarded in the spring of 1980 with the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire. After a brief use as a commander of the British forces in the New Hebrides, he was from 1980 to 1982, Colonel General Staff for military operations in the Defense Ministry.

General and Chief of the Defence Staff

After Guthrie had been promoted on 31 December 1981 to brigadier general, he was from 1982 to 1984 commander of the 4th Mechanized Brigade and subsequent to 1986, Chief of Staff of the First Corps in Bielefeld. On January 18, 1986, he assumed the post of Commander (General Officer Commanding ) of the Northeast district, and also the 2nd Infantry Division in York, where he was promoted on March 31, 1986 Major General.

November 24, 1987, he was appointed Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff of the British Army in the defense ministry before he was 1990-1991 Commanding General of I Corps after his promotion to lieutenant general on October 2, 1989. In 1990 he became Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and led henceforth the additional name "Sir". Following Guthrie was on January 7, 1992 as the successor of General Peter Inge commander of the Army of the Rhine, and remained in this position until 1994. He was also from 1992 to 1993 and commander of the now-defunct Northern Army Group ( NORTHAG ) NATO and received during this time on 14 February 1992 he was promoted to general.

As the successor of Inge he was from 1993 to 2001 also aide- de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II and was on 15 March 1994 again., Succeeding Inge Chief of the General Staff of the British Army After three years of use on this item Guthrie was, was awarded the 1994 Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, finally, on 2 April 1997 Chief of Defence Staff of the British armed forces. After nearly four years of use in this highest military use, he joined on 15 February 2001 to retire and was replaced on February 16, 2001 by Admiral Michael Boyce, the former First Sea Lord.

During his military career he was awarded the honorary title of Colonel Commandant of the Intelligence Corps (1986 to 1995), the Life Guards and Gold Stick ( 1999) and the SAS Regiment awarded (2000 to 2009). In addition, he was from 1991 to 1997 president of the Army Seddle Club and between 1991 and 1999 President of the Army LTA.

House of Lords member

After his retirement from active military service Guthrie, who was from 2001 to 2010 member of the board of the investment bank NM Rothschild & Sons was, by a Letters Patent of 27 June 2001 as a life peer with the title Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, of Craigiebank in the City of Dundee raised to the peerage. Shortly thereafter, on July 23, 2001 to the introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the House of Lords he belongs to the group of so-called Cross Bencher.

Lord Guthrie, who in 2001 was Commander of the U.S. Legion of Merit, in addition since 2001, both President of the Federation of Youth Clubs of London and the action for medical research as well as Honorary Fellow and Visiting Professor at King's College London.

In addition, he served from 2002 to 2012 as the successor of Lord Inge as president of the Charitable Foundation of the Army (Army Benevolent Fund ) and is a member of the board of the Moscow School of Political Studies since 2002. He was also the 2003-2006 President of Weston Spirit and is furthermore since 2008 Board member of Petropavlovsk plc and Chairman of the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth. Lord Guthrie is also a Trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies ( IISS ), Freeman of the City of London, a member of the Livery Company of Painter - Stainers The Worshipful Company of, Knights of the Sovereign Order of Malta and the Gregoriusorden. Since 2009 he has also been Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.

In June 2012, him the rank of field marshal was awarded honorary.

Publications

• Just War (co-author, 2008)