Sir Seymour Vivian Gilbart-Denham, (1939–2018) was a British Army officer and courtier. Born on 10 October 1939, Gilbart-Denham was the son of

Major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

Vivian Maurice Gilbart-Denham and his wife, Diana Mary, daughter of Henry Ralph Beaumont, JP, and maternal granddaughter of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 3rd Baronet.''Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage'' (1963), p. 168. Vivian Gilbart-Denham was an officer in the

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and was killed in action in 1940;Henry Boyt
"Lieutenant Colonel Sir Seymour Gilbart-Denham KCVO"
''The Life Guards Magazine: Journal of the Household Division'' (Autumn 2018). Retrieved 11 June 2019. he was the son of Sir James Denham. Seymour Gilbart-Denham had two brothers: Desmond James Beaumont (born 1930) and Brian John (born 1934). Gilbart-Denham was educated at

Ludgrove School Ludgrove School is an English independent boys preparatory boarding school. Ludgrove was founded in 1892 at Ludgrove Hall in Middlesex by the Old Etonian sportsman Arthur Dunn. Dunn had been employed as a master at Elstree School, which sent boys ...

and then Tabley House School, which he enjoyed, becoming

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. After leaving school, he joined the

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and served as a trooper in

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in 1958. He then trained at

Mons Officer Cadet School Mons Officer Cadet School was a British military training establishment for officer cadets in Aldershot from 1942 to 1972, when it was closed and all officer training concentrated at Sandhurst. Until 1960, it was known as the Mons Officer Cadet ...

and was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1960 as a

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. He was posted in

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(1960–62) and then as Troop Leader in

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(1962–64), before returning to Cyprus to support the UN. He returned to

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and was appointed

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in 1965"Gilbart-Denham, Lt-Col Sir Seymour (Vivian)"
''

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'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 11 June 2019. and promoted to the rank of

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the following year. He went with the regiment to

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; in 1967, he ceased to be Adjutant and was appointed second-in-command in Arthur Gooch's squadron stationed in

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. In 1968, he returned to Windsor and served in

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the following year. In 1971, he was placed in command of the Household Cavalry Training Squadron. He returned to Northern Ireland for a third tour in 1973. According to an obituary, he was promoted to Major in 1971, but ''

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'''s notice dates it to 1974. He then spent periods in the United Kingdom and Germany, before becoming a

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in 1981. He subsequently served at Headquarters 33rd Armoured Brigade, Headquarters 4th Armoured Division (as an SO2) and with

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. In 1986, he was promoted to

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and took command of the

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. The following year, he was appointed

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, an office in which he served until retiring in 2002. Having been appointed a Commander of the

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in the

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, he was promoted to Knight Commander in July 2002.
The London Gazette
', 9 August 2002 (issue 56659), notice L-56659-1004. He continued to be an Extra Equerry in retirement and died on 19 June 2018.

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