Sir Barney White-Spunner | |
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Born | 1957 |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1979 - 2011 |
Rank | Lieutenant General |
Commands held |
Household Cavalry Kabul Multinational Brigade 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division Multinational Division (South East) Field Army |
Battles/wars |
Bosnia Macedonia Iraq War |
Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Other work | Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation |
Lieutenant General Sir Barnabas William Benjamin White-Spunner, KCB, CBE is a former British Army officer who is currently Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation.
Military career[]
Educated at Eton College and the University of St Andrews, Barney White-Spunner was commissioned into the Blues and Royals in 1979.[1] He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry in 1996 and in that capacity was deployed to Bosnia.[1] In 1998, he was promoted to colonel[2] and became Deputy Director of Defence Policy at NATO and in 2001 he took charge of an operation to disarm Albanian insurgents in Macedonia.[1]
He was given command of the Kabul Multinational Brigade in 2002 and then became Chief of Joint Force Operations for the national contingent in the Middle East in 2003.[1]
By 2005 he was Chief of Staff at Land Command[3] and in 2007 he was appointed General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division.[4] In February 2008 he deployed with elements of 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division to Iraq where those elements formed HQ Multinational Division (South East).[1] He went on to be Commander of the Field Army in 2009.[5]
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002[6] and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.[7][8]
On 7 January 2010, White-Spunner gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry regarding the Battle of Basra.[9] He retired from the British Army in December 2011[10][11] and was appointed Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation in January 2012.[10][11]
Literary career[]
White-Spunner started his literary career writing for The Field in 1992.[1] He became editor of Baily's Hunting Directory in 1994.[1] He is also the author of a history of the Horse Guards.[12]
Honours and Awards[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Barney White-Spunner: the very model of a modern Major General The Independent, 3 August 2008
- ↑ "No. 55365". 5 January 1999. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/55365/page/
- ↑ "No. 57641". 17 May 2005. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57641/page/
- ↑ "No. 58497". 29 October 2007. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58497/page/
- ↑ "No. 59120". 7 July 2009. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59120/page/
- ↑ "No. 56735". 28 October 2002. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56735/page/
- ↑ "No. 59808". 11 June 2011. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59808/page/
- ↑ Queen's Birthday Honours List 2011
- ↑ Oral Evidence The Iraq Inquiry, 7 January 2010
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Top soldier is Countryside Alliance's new boss Horse and Hound, 19 January 2012
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Former Head of UK Field Army Appointed to lead Countryside Alliance Countryside Alliance, 19 January 2012
- ↑ Horse Guards by Barney White-Spunner, Macmillan, 2006, ISBN 978-1-4050-5574-1
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