Lionel Stopford

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
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

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.

Military career

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, appointed an adjutant in February 1887,[3] took part in the Sikkim Expedition in 1888.[4]

Having transferred to the Sherwood Foresters, he was promoted to captain in January 1890[5] and vacated his appointment as an adjutant in February 1891.[6] He was seconded for service on the staff in April 1892[7] and was promoted from supernumerary captain to captain in December 1893.[8] He was again seconded for staff service in August 1898[9] and appointed a deputy assistant adjutant general in Ireland, and after transferring as a major to the newly created Irish Guards in October 1900,[10] DAAG at army headquarters in April 1901.[11] He was then a DAAG at the Staff College, Camberley in 1905.[2] Made a brevet lieutenant colonel in January 1904,[12] he was in September appointed a deputy assistant quartermaster general at the War Office,[13] before becoming a deputy assistant adjutant general, on augmentation, at the Staff College in May 1905.[14] He was raised to brevet colonel in September 1907, while still in this position.[15] He was then appointed as a GSO1 at the Staff College in May 1908.[16] He went on half-pay after relinquishing this assignment in January 1909[17] before going on to be an AAG at the War Office in 1909 and being raised to colonel soon after taking up this position, in February 1909.[18]

He succeeded Colonel William Capper as commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in January 1911.[19][20] He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in January 1913 while serving in this position.[21]

He served in World War I as a brigade commander until June 1916 when he was raided again to temporary brigadier general and became a deputy adjutant and quartermaster general.[22] In August he returned to his post as commandant at Sandhurst, taking over from Brigadier General Stuart Peter Rolt.[4][23] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in January 1916.[24]

In retirement he was deputy lieutenant of Kent.[4]

Family

In 1891 he married Mabel Georgina Emily Mackenzie; they had two sons (one of which was General Sir Montagu Stopford).[4]

References

  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. ^ "No. 25674". The London Gazette. 18 February 1887. p. 847.
  4. ^ a b c d The Peerage.com
  5. ^ "No. 26010". The London Gazette. 3 January 1890. p. 8.
  6. ^ "No. 26137". The London Gazette. 24 February 1891. p. 1006.
  7. ^ "No. 26310". The London Gazette. 26 July 1892. p. 4250.
  8. ^ "No. 26480". The London Gazette. 30 January 1897. p. 588.
  9. ^ "No. 27002". The London Gazette. 6 September 1898. p. 5323.
  10. ^ "No. 27235". The London Gazette. 5 October 1900. p. 6121.
  11. ^ "No. 27299". The London Gazette. 26 March 1901. p. 2114.
  12. ^ "No. 27633". The London Gazette. 5 January 1904. p. 110.
  13. ^ "No. 27712". The London Gazette. 9 September 1904. p. 5844.
  14. ^ "No. 27797". The London Gazette. 23 May 1905. p. 3691.
  15. ^ "No. 28058". The London Gazette. 10 September 1907. p. 6153.
  16. ^ "No. 28137". The London Gazette. 15 May 1908. p. 3579.
  17. ^ "No. 28212". The London Gazette. 5 January 1909. p. 134.
  18. ^ "No. 28233". The London Gazette. 16 March 1909. p. 2038.
  19. ^ Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ "No. 28457". The London Gazette. 17 January 1911. p. 414.
  21. ^ "No. 28682". The London Gazette. 17 January 1913. pp. 410–411.
  22. ^ "No. 29611". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5615.
  23. ^ "No. 29730". The London Gazette. 1 September 1916. p. 8597.
  24. ^ "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 81.
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