Francis Leycester Festing
{{Short description|British Army general (1877–1948)}}
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|death_date= {{death date and age|1948|10|17|1877|07|25|df=yes}}
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= British Army
|serviceyears= 1895–1919
|rank= Brigadier General
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|battles= Mahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
|awards= Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Mentioned in Despatches (4)
|relations= Major General Sir Francis Festing (father)
Field Marshal Sir Francis Festing (son)
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Brigadier General Francis Leycester Festing, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CMG}} (25 July 1877 – 17 October 1948) was a senior officer in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Promoted to major on 1 September 1915,{{London Gazette |issue=29284 |date=3 September 1915 |pages=8804–8805 |supp=y}} just over two years later he received a temporary promotion to brigadier general on 10 October 1917{{London Gazette |issue=30411 |date=30 November 1917 |page=12650 }} and took up post as the Deputy Adjutant-General at the headquarters of the Royal Flying Corps in France.
Festing was the son of Major General Sir Francis Festing. He married Charlotte Katharine Grindall Festing (his second cousin) and, in 1902, they had one child, Francis Wogan Festing, who rose to the rank of field marshal in the British Army.{{Cite ODNB|id=31103|title=Festing, Sir Francis Wogan}}
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External links
- [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Festing.htm Air of Authority – Brigadier-General F L Festing]
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Category:British Army generals of World War I
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Category:People educated at Winchester College
Category:Royal Air Force generals of World War I
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