Lionel Stopford

Sir Lionel Stopford
Nickname(s)	"Stoppy"
Born	(1860-05-10)10 May 1860 Torquay, Devon, England
Died	13 September 1942(1942-09-13) (aged 82) Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
Buried	St Michael's Church, Camberley, Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands	Royal Military College, 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

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.

Military career

Group portrait of officers at the British Staff College at Camberley, England, 1906. Colonel Lionel Stopford is in the front row, fifth from the right.

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] and was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in January 1913 while serving as commandant.[5]

He served in World War I as a brigade commander until 1916 when he returned to his post as commandant at Sandhurst.[3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in January 1916.[6]

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
5. "No. 28682". The London Gazette. 17 January 1913. pp. 410–411.
6. "No. 12894". The Edinburgh Gazette. 17 January 1916. p. 81.

Military offices
Preceded by William Capper	Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst 1911–1914	Succeeded by Stuart Rolt
Preceded by Stuart Rolt	Commandant of the Royal Military College Sandhurst 1916–1919	Succeeded by Reginald Stephens