Sir Laurence Anthony Wallis New (born 25 February 1932) is a former
British Army
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officer who served as
Assistant Chief of the General Staff and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff in the mid-1980s.
Military career
Educated at
King William's College
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located in
Castletown on the
Isle of Man
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and the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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, New was
commissioned into the
Royal Tank Regiment
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in 1952.
[Debrett's People of Today 1994] He was appointed Brigade Major of
20th Armoured Brigade in 1968,
Commanding Officer
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of
4th Royal Tank Regiment
The 4th Royal Tank Regiment (4 RTR) was an armoured regiment of the British Army from its creation in 1917, during World War I, until 1993. It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps.
History
The regiment ori ...
in 1971 and Defence and Military
attaché
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in
Tel Aviv
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in 1974.
[ He then went on to be Brigadier General Staff (Intelligence) dealing with Northern Ireland intelligence in 1980, Chief of Staff at the Defence Intelligence Centre for the ]Falklands War
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in 1982 before becoming Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1983.[ He went on to be ]Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff The Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (ACDS) is a senior British military officer. There are a number of ACDS appointments and they are held by officers of two-star rank (rear admiral, air vice-marshal, or major general). They work in the Ministr ...
in 1984 before retiring in 1985.[ He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1986 to 1993.][
In retirement he became ]Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
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as well as presiding officer of the Tynwald
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. He was also president of the Soldiers' and Airmen's Scripture Readers Association and international president of the Association of Military Christian Fellowships[Tynwald Biographies](_blank)
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Family
In 1956 he married Anna Doreen Verity; they have two sons and two daughters.[
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1932 births
British Army generals
Knights Bachelor
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
People educated at King William's College
Royal Tank Regiment officers
Lieutenant Governors of the Isle of Man
Living people
Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)