Lionel Stopford

Colonel Sir Lionel Arthur Montagu Stopford KCVO CB DL (10 May 1860 – 13 September 1942) was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst.

Sir Lionel Stopford
Nickname(s)	Stoppy
Born	10 May 1860 Torquay, Devon, England
Died	13 September 1942 (aged 82) Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	RMC Sandhurst
Battles/wars	1882 Anglo-Egyptian War Sikkim Expedition World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Son of Vice-Admiral The Hon. Sir Montagu Stopford, Lionel Stopford was commissioned into the Clare Militia[1] and then transferred to the Irish Guards.[2] He fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War and took part in the Sikkim Expedition in 1888.[3] He was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in Ireland in 1898, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General at Army Headquarters in 1904 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at the Staff College, Camberley in 1905.[2] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General at the War Office in 1909 and Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst in 1911[4] before serving in World War I as a Brigade Commander until 1916 when he returned to his post as Commandant at Sandhurst.[3]

In retirement he was Deputy Lieutenant of Kent.[3]

Family

In 1891 he married Mabel Georgina Emily Mackenzie; they had two sons (one of which was General Sir Montagu Stopford).[3]

References

1. "No. 24979". The London Gazette. 27 May 1881. p. 2747.
2. The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland by Edward Walford, p.343
3. The Peerage.com
4. Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine