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词条 Sebastian Roberts
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  1. Military career

  2. Family

  3. References

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Major-General Sir Sebastian John Lechmere Roberts, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCVO|OBE}} (born 1954) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Military career

Educated at Ampleforth College and Balliol College, Oxford, Roberts was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1977.[1]

He went on to be Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards in London and Northern Ireland.[1] He was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 2003.[1] He became the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2007[1] and retired in 2010.[2]

He was also Colonel of the Irish Guards from 2008 to 2011[3] He was replaced by HRH The Duke of Cambridge on 10 February 2011.[4]

He is the author of Soldiering: The Military Covenant (1998).[1]

Family

He is married to Elizabeth; they have four children.[1]

References

1. ^Major General Sir Sebastian Roberts {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716221758/http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/_dsp/dsp_authorBio3.cfm?authID=559 |date=16 July 2011 }} World Security Network
2. ^{{London Gazette|issue=59355|supp=y|page=4054|date=9 March 2010}}
3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=58642|supp=y|page=4200|date=18 March 2008}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2011/PrinceWilliamappointedasColoneloftheIrishGuards10F.aspx|title=Prince William appointed as Colonel of the Irish Guards, 10 February 2011 |publisher=Buckingham Palace |accessdate=10 February 2011}}
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9 : 1954 births|Living people|English Roman Catholics|British Army generals|People educated at Ampleforth College|Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford|Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Irish Guards officers

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