The Rt Hon the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE, DL

Forename(s): Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie
Sex: Male
Decorations: GCB (1994, KCB 1990), LVO (1977), OBE (1980), DL (2009)
Date of Birth: 17/11/1938

Foretitle(s): Baron (Life Peer UK 2001), of Craigiebank in the City of Dundee; Gen
Surname: GUTHRIE OF CRAIGIEBANK
Style: The Rt Hon the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, LVO, OBE, DL
Recreations: tennis, opera, travel

Career: cmmnd Welsh Gds 1959, served BAOR and Aden, 22 SAS Regt 1965-69, psc 1972, mil asst to Chief of Gen Staff MOD 1973-74, Bde Maj Household Div 1976-77, CO 1 Bn Welsh Gds served Berlin and NI 1977-80, Col gen staff mil ops MOD 1980-82, cmd Br Forces New Hebrides 1980, 4 Armd Bde 1982-84, Chief of Staff 1 (Br) Corps 1984-86, GOC NE Dist cmd 2 Inf Div 1986-87, Asst Chief of the Gen Staff MOD 1987-89, Cmd 1 Br Corps 1990-91, C in C BAOR 1992-94, cmd Northern Army Gp 1992-93 (NORTHAG, now disbanded), Chief of the Gen Staff 1994-97, Chief of the Defence Staff April 1997-2001; Col Cmdt Intelligence Corps 1986-95; Col Life Guards (Gold Stick) 1999-; ADC Gen to HM The Queen 1993-2001; Col Cmdt SAS Regt 2000-09; pres: Army Saddle Club 1991-97, Army LTA 1991-99, Army Benevolent Fund 2002-12; tstee IISS; dir: N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd 2001-10, Petropavlovsk plc 2008-; chm Hosp of St John and St Elizabeth 2008-; pres: Fedn of London Youth Clubs 2001-, Action Medical Research 2001-, Weston Spirit 2003-06; hon fell and visiting prof KCL 2001-, memb Bd Moscow Sch of Politcal Studies 2002-; Freeman City of London, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Painter-Stainers; Knight SMOM, KCSG, Cdr Legion of Merit (USA) 2001