Edward Smyth-Osbourne

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Alexander Smyth-Osbourne KCVO CBE (born 1964) is a senior British Army officer.

Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne
Edward Smyth-Osbourne in 2012
Born1964 (age 55–56)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1983 –
RankLieutenant General
UnitLife Guards
Commands heldLondon District
Household Division
38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade
Household Cavalry Regiment
Battles/warsGulf War
War in Afghanistan
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches
On duty at the State Opening of Parliament 2015

Education

Smyth-Osbourne was educated at Eton College and the University of St Andrews, where he graduated with a Master of Arts.[1]

Military career

Smyth-Osbourne was commissioned into the Life Guards in October 1983.[2] He went on to be Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry Regiment in 2005[3] and in that role deployed to Afghanistan in 2007[4] and then became Commander of 38th (Irish) Brigade in 2009.[5] He went on to be Director of the ISAF Force Reintegration Cell in 2012[6] and Major-General commanding the Household Division in July 2013.[7]

Smyth-Osbourne was Prince William's and Prince Harry's Commanding Officer in the Household Cavalry Regiment and acted as their military mentor. He was also Prince Harry’s Commanding Officer when the prince undertook active service in Afghanistan. He was invited to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011.[4]

On 11 June 2016, Smyth-Osbourne relinquished command of the Household Division and was knighted and invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen.[8] He became Deputy Commander of the NATO Rapid Deployable Corps - Italy in July 2016[9] and took command of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in July 2019.[10][11]

Smyth-Osbourne was appointed Colonel of The Life Guards and Gold Stick In Waiting to The Queen on 7 June 2019.[12]

References
  1. ‘SMYTH-OSBOURNE, Maj. Gen. Edward Alexander’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
  2. "No. 49532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1983. p. 14702.
  3. UK troops killed in ambush named BBC, 2 August 2006
  4. Royal wedding guest list: who will be attending Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day The Telegraph, 23 April 2011
  5. "Senior Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  6. "DSC02119 copy". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. Service Appointments The Times, 8 February 2013
  8. "Court Circular". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  9. Major-General Edward Alexander Smyth-Osbourne CBE NRDC-ITA, 24 May 2016
  10. @HQARRC (18 July 2019). "Lieutenant General Tim Radford (left) at the handover of command to Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. "Top Brass Picks Up". The Imjin. p. 4. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  12. Court Circular, 7 June 2019
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir George Norton		 GOC London District
2013–2016		 Succeeded by
Benjamin Bathurst
Preceded by
Tim Radford		 Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
2019–Present		 Incumbent
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