Hubert Huddleston

Hubert Huddleston
Born 20 January 1880
Died 2 October 1950 (aged 80)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held Sudan
14th Infantry Brigade
Northern Ireland District
Governor General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Major-General Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston GCMG GBE CB DSO MC (20 January 1880—2 October 1950) was General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District.

Military career

Educated at Felsted School, Huddleston was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1898 and then served in the Second Boer War.[1]

He also served in World War I and then became General Officer Commanding Sudan in 1924.[1] He was appointed Commander 14th Infantry Brigade in 1930 and then joined Eastern Command in India in 1934.[1] He became Commander for the Baluchistan District in Western Command of India in 1935.[1] He was appointed Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and was then briefly General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District from April to July 1940 before being appointed Governor General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan later that year.[1] He retired from that post in the face of considerable local criticism[2] in 1947.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Robert Pollock
General Officer Commanding the British Army in Northern Ireland
1940
Succeeded by
Ridley Pakenham-Walsh