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Sir Melville Stewart Jameson, KCVO,

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, CStJ (born 17 July 1944) is a senior

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officer who served as

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from 2006 to 2020. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of Perth on stepping down from the post. Sir Melville was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1964, commanded the

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between 1986 and 1988, was promoted to

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in 1990 and

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in 1994, and commanded the 51st Highland Brigade between 1993 and 1996. He also served as chief executive of the

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between 1995 and 2007. In 1994, he was appointed a Commander of the

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, and in the

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he was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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."Melville Jameson"
''The London Gazette'', issue 62310, notice no. 3041353 (8 June 2018).

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