John Smedley (British Army officer)

Brigadier John Edward Bruce Smedley CVO (born 1946), formerly Equerry to TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex, is Chairman of The International Golf Charity and International Golf for Youth Ltd.

Life

A kinsman of the Marsden-Smedleys, he was educated at Felsted School, before being commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in the rank of Second Lieutenant; he served as a Cadetship Officer while reading Economics at Reading University.

Smedley then served with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, primarily in Germany, but also with tours in Northern Ireland and Cyprus, as well being stationed in England. He also held staff appointments in Hong Kong and the Ministry of Defence in London. After the Joint Services Defence College he commanded the UNFICYP Support Regiment in Nicosia. Apart from a year serving as the last Chief of Staff of the Army Staff College at Camberley, the remainder of his military service was in Germany as Assistant Chief of Staff HQ BAOR, Commander Armoured Recce ACE Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander 1st (UK) Armoured Division.

Smedley served as Private Secretary to TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex from January 2002 until April 2014, and again from November 2018 until April 2019. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2010 New Year Honours,[1] being promoted Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 13 March 2014.[2]

Brigadier Smedley married in 1976 Lavinia Lane, and has two sons.

See also

Footnotes
  1. "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 3.
  2. "No. 60810". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 2014. p. 0.


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