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Sir Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison, (2 August 1871 – 1930) was a
Royal Marines officer who served as
Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Background and family
Hutchison was the second son of Colonel F. J. Hutchison,
84th Regiment, and was born in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
,
Ceylon, where his father was stationed at the time of his birth in 1871. He married at Holy Trinity Church,
Gosport, on 7 January 1903, Georgina Courtenay (Daisy) Haswell, from Gosport, eldest daughter of W. H. Haswell, Fleet Paymaster in the Royal Navy.
Military career
Hutchison was commissioned into the
Royal Marine Light Infantry
The history of the Royal Marines began on 28 October 1664 with the formation of the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot soon becoming known as the Admiral's Regiment. During the War of the Spanish Succession the most historic achi ...
on 28 March 1890. Promoted to
captain on 6 December 1897, he fought in the
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South ...
. He served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in 1915 and then saw action in the
Gallipoli Campaign later that year before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1918 during the latter stages of the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
Hutchison went on to be
Adjutant-General Royal Marines from March 1924 before retiring in December 1927.
References
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1871 births
People from Colombo
1930 deaths
Royal Marines generals of World War I
Royal Marines generals
Knights Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
British military personnel of the Second Boer War