Major-General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...
Richard Charles Keightley
CB CStJ
The Order of St John, short for Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (french: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem) and also known as St John International, is a British royal order of c ...
(born 2 July 1933) is a former
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
officer who became
Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Military career
Born the son of General Sir
Charles Keightley
General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, (24 June 1901 – 17 June 1974) was a senior British Army officer who served during and following the Second World War. After serving with distinction during the Second World War – becoming, in 1944, th ...
and educated at
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...
and the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of ...
, Richard Keightley was
commissioned into the
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1953.
[Debrett's People of Today 1994] He took part in the
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...
in 1956.
[ He was appointed Commander Task Force E in 1978, General Officer Commanding Western District in 1982 and Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1983 before retiring in 1987.][
He was Colonel of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards from 1986 to 1991.]
Family
In 1958 he married Caroline Rosemary Butler; they have three daughters.[The Peerage.com]
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References
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1933 births
Living people
British Army major generals
People educated at Marlborough College
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Commanders of the Order of St John
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers
Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Commandants of Sandhurst
British military personnel of the Suez Crisis