Barney White-Spunner
| Sir Barney White-Spunner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 (age 59–60) |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British Army
|
| Years of service | 1979–2011 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held |
Household Cavalry Kabul Multinational Brigade 3rd Mechanised Division Multinational Division (South East) Field Army |
| Battles/wars |
Bosnian War Macedonia Iraq War |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
| Other work | Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation |
Lieutenant General Sir Barnabas William Benjamin "Barney" White-Spunner, KCB, CBE (born 1957) is a former British Army officer who is currently Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation.
Educated at Eton College and the University of St Andrews, Barney White-Spunner was commissioned into the Blues and Royals in 1979. He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry in 1996 and in that capacity was deployed to Bosnia. In 1998, he was promoted to colonel and became Deputy Director of Defence Policy at NATO and in 2001 he took charge of Operation Essential Harvest, which was aimed at disarming Albanian insurgents in Macedonia.
He became Commander of 16 Air Assault Brigade in December 2000 and was given command of the Kabul Multinational Brigade in 2002 before becoming Chief of Joint Force Operations for the national contingent in the Middle East in 2003.
By 2005 he was Chief of Staff at Land Command and in 2007 he was appointed General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division. In February 2008 he deployed with elements of 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division to Iraq where those elements formed HQ Multinational Division (South East). He went on to be Commander of the Field Army in 2009.
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