Sir

Richard Swinburn
Born(1937-10-30)30 October 1937
Died11 October 2017(2017-10-11) (aged 79)
Dummer, Hampshire, UK
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1957–1995
RankLieutenant General
Commands held17th/21st Lancers
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Armoured Division
South East District
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Spouse(s)
Jane Elise Brodie
​
​
(m. 1964; died 2001)​
    Susan Ferguson
    ​
    (m. 2012)​

    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 (1897–1981) and Naomi Hull (1903–1992). 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, Sarah, Duchess of York, and their two daughters attended Sir Richard and Lady Swinburn's wedding celebrations.[7]

    References

    1. ↑ Swinburn
    2. ↑ "No. 41191". The London Gazette. 1 October 1957. p. 5759.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 Debrett's People of Today 1994
    4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1996
    5. ↑ "The Queen's Royal Lancers". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
    6. ↑ "Duchess of York's delight as stepmother finds love with Army hero". The Telegraph. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
    7. ↑ "Beatrice and Eugenie share Duchess of York's joy as stepmother remarries". Hello. 21 December 2012.
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