Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill

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Richard Frederick Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill , GBE , KCB , DSO (born August 23, 1931 in Norwood Green , Middlesex - † September 8, 2018 ) was a British field marshal and life peer .

life and career

Vincent attended Aldenham School in Hertfordshire and joined the Royal Artillery in 1951 , initially as an officer in the National Service . From 1951 to 1955 he served in the British Army of the Rhine and from 1960 to 1961 with the Radar Research Establishment in Malvern .

In 1965 he attended Staff College in Camberley . He then served in the Commonwealth Brigade in Malaysia until 1968. From 1968 to 1970 Vincent was a General Staff Officer at the Ministry of Defense , after which he commanded the 12th Light Air Defense Regiment in Germany and Northern Ireland until 1972 . He then returned to Camberley, where he was a lecturer ( instructor ) at Staff College until 1973. From 1974 to 1975 he was the military director of studies at the Royal Military College of Science in Shrivenham . After commanding the 19th Airportable Brigade from 1975 to 1977 , he attended the Royal College of Defense Studies in Belgrave Square , London , and was then Deputy Military Secretary from 1979 to 1980 .

He then returned to Shrivenham as Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science for the period 1980-1983 and was subsequently appointed Master-General of Ordnance in the Department of Defense. He held this position until 1987 and was then appointed Vice Chief of the Defense Staff and in 1991 Chief of the Defense Staff .

In addition to his full-time positions, he was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) from 1981 to 1987 and Honorary Colonel of the 100th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA (V) from 1982 to 1991 .

He was Chief of the Defense Staff (CDS) of the United Kingdom and thus head of the United Kingdom's Armed Forces . After his resignation in 1992, he became chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 1993 to 1996.

Membership in the House of Lords

After his retirement, he was promoted to life peer as Baron Vincent of Coleshill , of Shrivenham in the County of Oxfordshire, on September 3, 1996 . He gave his inaugural address at the House of Lords on December 8, 1998. There he sat as a crossbencher .

He identified external affairs, security, defense and education as topics of his political interest on the website of the House of Lords. He named the members of NATO as states of his interest .

From 1997 to 1998 he was an advisor to the State Secretary for strategic defense planning.

Vincent last spoke up at the House of Lords on January 31, 2008. He last took part in a vote on November 6, 2006. His presence fluctuated in the lower range from 2001 onwards. Since June 11, 2012 he was on leave of absence from the House of Lords. On March 9, 2016, he retired under the provisions of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 and left the House of Lords.

Other offices

From 1987 until his retirement in 2009 he was Governor of the Aldenham School . From 1996 to 2011 he was a member of The Pilgrims . In 1996, Vincent was named Master Gunner of St. James's Park , a ceremonial office he held until 2000. From 1998 to 2010 he was Chancellor ( Chancellor ) of Cranfield University . From 1998 to 2001 he was President ( Chairman ) of Hunting Engineering Ltd . There he was director from 1996 to 1998. He was chairman ( Chairman ) of Hunting BRAE Ltd , where he was director from 1997 to 1998.

He was also a member of the Inspire Foundation's Trustee and a member of the National Appeal Council of the National Memorial Arboretum . Vicent was patron ( saint ) of the INSPIRE Charity Foundation since 1997 and the National Services Veterans Association since of 2007.

Honors

Vincent was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1972. In 1984 he was made the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath , in 1990 he was knighted by the Order of the British Empire .

In 1995 he became a Fellow of Imperial College London and in 1999 of the City and Guilds of London Institute . He has been a Senior Fellow at Cranfield University since 2011 . Vincent is also a holder of the Jordanian Order of Merit first class, the USA Legion of Merit with the rank of Commander and Freeman of the City of London or a member of the Guild of Freemen, and in 1997 of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights .

The Cranfield University - successor institution of the once led by Vincent Royal Military College of Science - awarded him in 1985 an honorary doctorate of Doctor of Science (DSc). In 1990 Vincent became a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society .

family

Vincent married Jean Patterson in 1955. They had two sons (one of whom died young) and a daughter.

literature

  • TA Heathcote: The British Field Marshals 1736-1997 ; Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 1999, ISBN 0-85052-696-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j The British Field Marshals 1736-1997, p. 284
  2. ↑ a b c The British Field Marshals 1736-1997, p. 285
  3. ↑ London Gazette . No. 54427, HMSO, London, June 14, 1996, p. 1 ( PDF , English).
  4. ↑ House of Lords: Members 'expenses Members' expenses on the House of Lords website , accessed August 10, 2012
  5. ↑ Minutes of Proceedings of Monday 11 June 2012 Minutes of the meeting on the House of Lords website dated June 11, 2012
  6. ↑ 14 May 2010 - HRH honors Lord Vincent as Cranfield names new Chancellor Publication on the Cranfield University website on May 14, 2010
predecessor Office successor
Peter Leng Master-General of the Ordnance
1983-1987 		John Stibbon
Patrick Hine Vice-Chief of the Defense Staff
1988-1991 		Benjamin Bathurst
David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley Chief of the Defense Staff
1991-1992 		Peter Robin Harding
personal data
SURNAME Vincent, Richard, Baron Vincent of Coleshill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vincent, Richard Frederick, Baron Vincent of Coleshill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Field Marshal and Life Peer
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwood Green , Middlesex
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 2018