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Charles Vyvyan

Charles Vyvyan
Born 29 September 1944
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch Flag of the British Army.svg British Army
Years of service 1967-2000
Rank Major-General
Commands held 1st Bn Royal Green Jackets
3rd Infantry Brigade
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Charles Gerard Courtenay Vyvyan, CB, CBE (born 29 September 1944) is a retired British Army officer and the current Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod.

Educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford, Vyvyan was commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets in 1967. After a two-year secondment to the Sultan of Oman's Land Forces in the mid-1970s, he became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Royal Green Jackets in 1984, Commander 3rd Infantry Brigade in 1988 and Deputy Chief of Staff at Headquarters UK Land Forces in 1994. He went on to be Head of the British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1997 before retiring in 2000.

Vyvyan became Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod in 2006.


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