Charles Huxtable (British Army officer)
{{Short description|British Army general (1931–2018)}}
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| caption = General Sir Charles Huxtable KCB CBE
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|07|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|11|26|1931|7|22|df=y}}
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| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = British Army
| serviceyears = 1952–1990
| rank = General
| servicenumber = 420858
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| commands = Land Forces
| battles = Korean War
Cyprus Emergency
Operation Banner
| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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General Sir Charles Richard Huxtable, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CBE|DL}} (22 July 1931 – 26 November 2018) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces from 1988 to 1990.
Military career
Huxtable graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on 8 February 1952. He was given the service number 420858.{{London Gazette |issue=39495 |date=18 March 1952 |pages=1595–1596 |supp=y }} He served as a platoon commander in the latter stages of the Korean War.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 February 1954,{{London Gazette |issue=40124 |date=12 March 1954 |page=1598 |supp=y }} captain on 8 February 1958,{{London Gazette |issue=41304 |date=4 February 1958 |page=843 |supp=y }} was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours,{{London Gazette |issue=42370 |date=2 June 1961 |pages=4148–4150 |supp=y }} and made major on 8 February 1965.{{London Gazette |issue=43569 |date=5 February 1965 |page=1363 |supp=y }} In 1967 he served as a Company Commander in Cyprus.[https://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=149&pa=52 Duke of Wellington's Regiment: Lt. Col. Isles Recollections] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517011218/http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=149&pa=52 |date=17 May 2011 }} Huxtable was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 30 June 1969,Army List 1969 and commanded the regiment from 13 May 1970 to 7 December 1972.{{cite web|url=https://www.dwr.org.uk/history/1st-bn-commanding-officers-1948-2006/ |title=1st Bn COs 1948–2006|publisher=Duke of Wellington's Regiment|access-date=10 June 2025}}
Huxtable became Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland in 1980,Army List 1981 Director of Army Staff Duties in 1982, and then Commander of Training and Arms Directors at the Ministry of Defence in 1983. He went on to be Quartermaster-General in 1986 and Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces in 1988 before retiring in 1990.
Huxtable held the colonelcy of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment from 1982 to 1990 and was Colonel Commandant of the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1991 until 1992.{{London Gazette|issue=54453|page=8914|date=2 July 1996}} He then served as the first Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1992 to 1996.{{cite web |url=http://regiments.org:80/regiments/uk/inf/027RIrish.htm |title=The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) |publisher=regiments.org |accessdate=4 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103061322/http://regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/027RIrish.htm |archivedate=3 January 2007 |df=dmy-all |url-status=dead }}
Later life
In retirement Huxtable served as a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1995/may/23/advisory-committee-on-business Hansard] 1995 He died on 26 November 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.dwr.org.uk/2018/11/29/general-sir-charles-huxtable-death-notification/|title=General Sir Charles Huxtable: death notification|date=29 November 2018|publisher=Duke of Wellington's Regiment Association|accessdate=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129054824/http://www.dwr.org.uk/2018/11/29/general-sir-charles-huxtable-death-notification/|archive-date=29 November 2018|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110809230752/http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=108 Duke of Wellington's Regimental Website – Who We Are, by General Huxtable]
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