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Hubert Huddleston
Hubert Huddleston
	Memorial in Sherborne Abbey.
Born	20 January 1880
Died	2 October 1950 (aged 70)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1898–1947
Rank	Major-General
Unit	Coldstream Guards; Dorset Regiment
Commands	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

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

Military career

Educated at Felsted School and Bedford School, Huddleston joined the British Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Coldstream Guards in 1898. He then served in the Second Boer War.^[1] He took part in operations in the Orange Free State from April to May 1900. He served in the Transvaal May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, and at the Battle of Diamond Hill. During the war he transferred to the Dorsetshire Regiment as a second lieutenant 26 May 1900, and was promoted to lieutenant on 19 November 1901. He was mentioned in dispatches for actions in December 1901 ("for dash and leading … which lead to captures", dated 25 April 1902^[2]).

He also served in World War I and then became General Officer Commanding (GOC) Sudan in 1924.^[1] He was appointed commander of the 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 GOC 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^[3] in 1947.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
^ "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902.
^ Anglo-Egyptian Treaty Hansard, 27 January 1947

External links

Works by or about Hubert Huddleston at the Internet Archive

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

[lh-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

[2] "No. 27428". The London Gazette. 25 April 1902.

[3] Anglo-Egyptian Treaty Hansard, 27 January 1947

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 ==Military career==
-Educated at [[Felsted School]] and [[Bedford School]], Huddleston joined the [[British Army]] and was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] into the [[Coldstream Guards]] in 1898, and then served in the [[Second Boer War]].<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HUDDLESTON.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He took part in operations in the [[Orange Free State]] from April to May 1900, then served in the [[Transvaal Republic|Transvaal]] May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, and at the [[Battle of Diamond Hill]]. During the war he transferred to the [[Dorset Regiment|Dorsetshire Regiment]] as a second lieutenant 26 May 1900, and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 19 November 1901. He was [[mentioned in dispatches]] for actions in December 1901 ("for dash and leading … which lead to captures", dated 25 April 1902<ref>{{LondonGazette| issue=27428 |supp=|startpage=2770 |endpage= |date=25 April 1902}}</ref>).
+Educated at [[Felsted School]] and [[Bedford School]], Huddleston joined the [[British Army]] and was [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioned]] as a [[second lieutenant]] into the [[Coldstream Guards]] in 1898. He then served in the [[Second Boer War]].<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HUDDLESTON.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He took part in operations in the [[Orange Free State]] from April to May 1900. He served in the [[Transvaal Republic|Transvaal]] May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, and at the [[Battle of Diamond Hill]]. During the war he transferred to the [[Dorset Regiment|Dorsetshire Regiment]] as a second lieutenant 26 May 1900, and was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 19 November 1901. He was [[mentioned in dispatches]] for actions in December 1901 ("for dash and leading … which lead to captures", dated 25 April 1902<ref>{{LondonGazette| issue=27428 |supp=|startpage=2770 |endpage= |date=25 April 1902}}</ref>).
 He also served in [[World War I]] and then became [[General officer commanding|General Officer Commanding]] (GOC) [[Sudan]] in 1924.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed commander of the [[14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|14th Infantry Brigade]] in 1930 and then joined Eastern Command in [[British Raj|India]] in 1934.<ref name=lh/> He became Commander for the [[Baluchistan (region)|Baluchistan]] District in Western Command of India in 1935.<ref name=lh/> He was appointed Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of the [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] and was then briefly GOC [[HQ Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland District]] from April to July 1940 before being appointed [[List of governors of pre-independence Sudan|Governor General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] later that year.<ref name=lh/> He retired from that post in the face of considerable local criticism<ref>[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1947/jan/27/anglo-egyptian-treaty Anglo-Egyptian Treaty] Hansard, 27 January 1947</ref> in 1947.<ref name=lh/>