Lionel Stopford

Sir Lionel Stopford
Nickname(s) Stoppy
Born (1860-05-10)10 May 1860
Torquay, Devon, England
Died 13 September 1942(1942-09-13) (aged 82)
Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Colonel
Commands held RMC Sandhurst
Battles/wars 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Sikkim Expedition
World War I
Awards Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Colonel Sir Lionel Arthur Montagu Stopford KCVO CB DL (10 May 1860 – 13 September 1942) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Military career

Son of Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, Lionel Stopford was commissioned into the Clare Militia[1] and then transferred to the Irish Guards.[2] He fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and took part in the Sikkim Expedition in 1888.[3] He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in Ireland in 1898, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General at Army Headquarters in 1904 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at the Staff College, Camberley in 1905.[2] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office in 1909 and Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1911[4] before serving in World War I as a Brigade Commander until 1916 when he returned to his post as Commandant at Sandhurst.[3]

In retirement he was Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.[3]

Family

In 1891 he married Mabel Georgina Emily Mackenzie; they had two sons (one of which was General Sir Montagu Stopford).[3]

References

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24979. p. 2747. 27 May 1881. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. 1 2 The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford, p.343
  3. 1 2 3 4 The Peerage.com
  4. ↑ Army Commands
Military offices
Preceded by
William Capper		 Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1911–1914 		Succeeded by
Stuart Rolt
Preceded by
Stuart Rolt		 Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1916–1919 		Succeeded by
Reginald Stephens


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