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.

Sir Lionel Stopford
Nickname(s)"Stoppy"
Born(1860-05-10)10 May 1860
Torquay, Devon, England
Died13 September 1942(1942-09-13) (aged 82)
Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
Buried
St Michael's Church, Camberley, Surrey, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
RankColonel
CommandsRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
Battles / wars1882 Anglo-Egyptian War
Sikkim Expedition
World War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

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Group portrait of officers at the British Staff College at Camberley, England, 1906. Colonel Lionel Stopford is in the front row, fifth from the right.

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] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in January 1916.[5]

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

Family

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

References

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  1. ^ "No. 24979". The London Gazette. 27 May 1881. p. 2747.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c d The Peerage.com
  4. ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 81.
Military offices
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1911–1914
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst
1916–1919
Succeeded by