General Sir Charles Richard Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL (22 July 1931 – 26 November 2018) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces from 1988 to 1990.
Military career
Huxtable graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on 8 February 1952. He was given the service number 420858.[1] He served as a platoon commander in the latter stages of the Korean War.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 February 1954,[3] captain on 8 February 1958,[4] was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours,[5] and made major on 8 February 1965.[6] In 1967 he served as a Company Commander in Cyprus.[7]
Huxtable became Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland in 1980,[8] Director of Army Staff Duties in 1982, and then Commander of Training and Arms Directors at the Ministry of Defence in 1983.[2] He went on to be Quartermaster-General in 1986 and Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces in 1988 before retiring in 1990.[2]
Huxtable held the colonelcy of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment from 1982 to 1990 and was Colonel Commandant of the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1991 until 1992.[9] He then served as the first Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1992 to 1996.[10]
Later life
In retirement Huxtable served as a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.[11] He died on 26 November 2018.[12]
References
- ^ "No. 39495". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 1952. pp. 1595–1596.
- ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today 1994
- ^ "No. 40124". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 March 1954. p. 1598.
- ^ "No. 41304". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 February 1958. p. 843.
- ^ "No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1961. pp. 4148–4150.
- ^ "No. 43569". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 February 1965. p. 1363.
- ^ Duke of Wellington's Regiment: Lt. Col. Isles Recollections Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Army List 1981
- ^ "No. 54453". The London Gazette. 2 July 1996. p. 8914.
- ^ "The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment)". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Hansard 1995
- ^ "General Sir Charles Huxtable: death notification". Duke of Wellington's Regiment Association. 29 November 2018. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.