Lionel Stopford

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Sir Lionel Stopford
Nickname(s)Stoppy
Born(1860-05-10)10 May 1860
Torquay, Devon, England
Died13 September 1942(1942-09-13) (aged 82)
Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchFlag of the British Army.svg British Army
RankColonel
Commands heldRMC Sandhurst
Battles/wars1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Sikkim Expedition
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Colonel Sir Lionel Arthur Montagu Stopford KCVO CB DL (10 May 1860 – 13 September 1942) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Military career[]

Son of Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, Lionel Stopford was commissioned into the Clare Militia[1] and then transferred to the Irish Guards.[2] He fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and took part in the Sikkim Expedition in 1888.[3] He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in Ireland in 1898, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General at Army Headquarters in 1904 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at the Staff College, Camberley in 1905.[2] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office in 1909 and Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1911[4] before serving in World War I as a Brigade Commander until 1916 when he returned to his post as Commandant at Sandhurst.[3]

In retirement he was Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.[3]

Family[]

In 1891 he married Mabel Georgina Emily Mackenzie; they had two sons (one of which was General Sir Montagu Stopford).[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 24979". The London Gazette. 27 May 1881. p. 2747.
  2. ^ a b The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford, p.343
  3. ^ a b c d The Peerage.com
  4. ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1911–1914 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1916–1919 		Succeeded by
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