Jonathan Hall (British Army officer)

Jonathan Hall
Photograph of Major General Jonathan Hall dressed as Colonel of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
Born (1944-08-10) 10 August 1944 (age 80)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1965–1997
RankMajor-General
Service number480320
Unit3rd Carabiniers
CommandsRoyal Scots Dragoon Guards
12th Armoured Brigade
General Officer Commanding Scotland
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Jonathan Michael Francis Cooper Hall CB OBE OStJ DL (born 10 August 1944) is a retired British Army officer, who served as the General Officer Commanding Scotland and the Governor of Edinburgh Castle from 1995 to 1997.

Career

Educated at Taunton School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hall was commissioned into the 3rd Carabiniers in 1965.[1] He was appointed commanding officer of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1984.[2] He went on to command the 12th Armoured Brigade in 1989[3] and was appointed Deputy Military Secretary in 1992.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1995 and retired in 1997.[4]

On leaving the Army in 1997, he was selected for the post of Lieutenant Governor (CEO equivalent), Accounting Officer and ex-officio Commissioner of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.[5] He was also given the colonelcy in 1998 of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, a position he held until 2003.[6]

In 1999, he was appointed a member of Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and was involved in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations as well as the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton.[7] He was promoted to Standard Bearer in August 2012.[8]

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1987,[9] a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1998,[10][11] and Knight Commander of the Order of Francis I in 2014.[12]

Family

In 1968 he married Sarah Linda Hudson: they have two daughters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today 1994
  2. ^ "The Queen keeps in tune with the times". The Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  3. ^ Dorset, This is (14 April 2011). "Royal wedding day honour for retired military officer". Somerset Live. Retrieved 26 August 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Old soldier takes castle by storm". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ Dan Cruickshank (2004). The Royal Hospital Chelsea: The Place and the People. Third Millennium. ISBN 978-1-903942-27-7.
  6. ^ "The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) at". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Dorset man to guard Queen at royal wedding". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  8. ^ "APPENDIX TO COURT CIRCULAR". Court Circular. 12 August 2012. The Queen has approved the following promotion within Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms:- Major General Jonathan Hall to be Standard Bearer upon the retirement of Major Michael Webster. The appointment to date from 12th August, 2012.
  9. ^ "No. 50948". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1987. pp. 1–25.
  10. ^ "Military Page – Army". BBC News. 31 December 1997. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  11. ^ "New Year Honours: The Prime Minister's List". The Independent. 31 December 1997. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ^ "New Constantinian Order and Order of Francis I Knights and Dames invested". Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by GOC Scotland
1995–1997 		Succeeded by