Brigadier Stafford Nugent Floyer-Acland, CBE, DL (23 December 1916 – 1994)[1] was a British soldier.
Stafford Floyer-Acland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 December 1916 |
| Died | 1994 (aged 77–78) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1935–1968 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Battles / wars | Second World War Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
| Relations | Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland (father) |
Early life
editFloyer-Acland was the only child of Lieutenant General Arthur Nugent Floyer-Acland and his wife Evelyn Stafford Still, daughter of Stafford Francis Still.[2]
He was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Career
editHe was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1937[3] and, after the Second World War, became major in 1950.[4]
Floyer-Acland was transferred as lieutenant colonel to the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the end of 1959,[5] and was promoted to colonel in 1964.[6] Two years later, he became a brigadier,[7] serving as deputy commander of the land forces in Borneo. Subsequently he was Brigadier of Administration and Quartering, Northern Command in 1967,[1] for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[8] He retired from active service in the following year[9] and in 1972, he became deputy colonel of the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, a post he held until 1977.[10]
He was appointed High Sheriff of Dorset in 1974,[11] and became a Deputy Lieutenant for the same county in the year thereafter.[12]
Personal life
editOn 14 April 1950, Floyer-Acland married Patricia Egidia Hastings Emmott, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Richard St Barbe Emmott.[1] They had three children, two sons and one daughter.[1]
Floyer-Acland died in 1994.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "ThePeerage – Brigadier Stafford Nugent Floyer-Acland". Retrieved 10 December 2006.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1929). Armorial Families. Vol. I. London: Hurst & Blackett. p. 691.
- ^ "No. 34364". The London Gazette. 29 January 1937. p. 621.
- ^ "No. 38852". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 March 1950. p. 1090.
- ^ "No. 41959". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1960. p. 1290.
- ^ "No. 43215". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1964. p. 253.
- ^ "No. 43922". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 March 1966. p. 2841.
- ^ "No. 44311". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 May 1967. p. 5453.
- ^ "No. 44558". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 March 1968. p. 3863.
- ^ "No. 45723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 July 1972. p. 8284.
- ^ "No. 46249". The London Gazette. 28 March 1974. p. 4006.
- ^ "No. 46671". The London Gazette. 28 August 1975. p. 10905.
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