| 词条 | Charles Vyvyan |
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| name = Charles Vyvyan | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1944|9|29}} | death_date = | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | serviceyears = 1967–2000 | rank = Major-General | unit = | commands = 1st Bn Royal Green Jackets 3rd Infantry Brigade | battles = | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | laterwork = }} Major General Charles Gerard Courtenay Vyvyan, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (born 29 September 1944) is a retired British Army officer and the current Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod. Military careerEducated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford, Vyvyan was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1967.[1] After a two-year secondment to the Sultan of Oman's Land Forces in the mid-1970s, he became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in 1984, Commander 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1988 and Deputy Chief of Staff at Headquarters UK Land Forces in 1994.[1] He went on to be Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1997 before retiring in 2000.[2] Later lifeVyvyan became Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod in 2006.[3][4][5] References1. ^1 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4081-1414-8}} {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before = Anthony Blackburn}}{{s-ttl | title = Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. | years =1997–2000}}{{s-aft | after =John Thompson}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |title=Ministry of Defence and Senior Tri-Service Appointments |accessdate=7 June 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033054/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Senior%20Posts.pdf |archivedate=17 November 2015 |df=dmy }} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=58010|page=8073|date=13 June 2006}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Major General Charles G C Vyvyan CB, CBE, MA, MSc|url=http://www.rgjassociation.co.uk/ib/history/Vyvyan.html|work=History|publisher=The Royal Green Jackets Regimental Association|accessdate=15 May 2014}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Court circular|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/life/courtsocial/article1818396.ece|accessdate=16 May 2014|newspaper=The Times|date=14 June 2006}} |-{{s-court}}{{s-bef|before=Rear Admiral Iain Henderson}}{{s-ttl|title=Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod |years=2006 to 2018}}{{s-aft|after=James Gordon}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Vyvyan, Charles}} 8 : Living people|Gentlemen Ushers|British Army generals|1944 births|Companions of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Order of the British Empire|People educated at Winchester College|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford |
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