Rt Hon Field Marshal The Lord Inge, KG, GCB,
DL
INGE (Life Baron), Peter Anthony Inge; cr. 1997
DATE OF BIRTH 5 August 1935
PARENTS Son of late Raymond and Grace Inge
EDUCATED Summer Fields;
Wrekin College
FURTHER EDUCATION RMA, Sandhurst
MARITAL DETAILS Married Letitia Marion Beryl Thornton-Berry 1960 (2 daughters)
ARMED FORCES Army Officer 1956-97;
Commissioned Green Howards 1956;
Served Hong Kong, Malaya, Germany, Libya and UK;
ADC to GOC, 4 Division 1960-61;
Adjutant, 1 Green Howards 1963-64;
Student, Staff College 1966;
Ministry of Defence 1967-69;
Company Commander, 1 Green Howards 1969-70;
Student, Joint Services Staff College 1971;
BM, 11 Armoured Brigade 1972;
Instructor, Staff College 1973-74;
CO, 1 Green Howards 1974-76;
Commandant, Junior Division, Staff College 1977-79;
Commander, Task Force C/4 Armoured Brigade 1980-81;
Chief of Staff, HQ 1 (BR) Corps 1982-83;
Colonel, The Green Howards 1982-94;
GOC, NE District and Commander 2nd Infantry Division 1984-86;
Director General, Logistic Policy (Army), Ministry of Defence 1986-87;
Commander, 1st (Br) Corps 1987-89;
Colonel Commandant, Royal Military Police 1987-92;
Commander, Northern Army Group and C-in-C, BAOR 1989-92;
ADC General to HM The Queen 1991-94;
Chief of the General Staff 1992-94;
Field Marshal 1994;
Chief of the Defence Staff 1994-97;
Constable, HM Tower of London 1996-2001
TRUSTS, ETC. St George's House;
Deputy Chair, Historic Royal Palaces;
Marlborough College Council
CHARITY/VOLUNTARY Commissioner Royal Hospital, Chelsea;
Member of Council, King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes
FAVOURITE CHARITY SUPPORTED Army Benevolent Fund
HONOURS KCB 1988;
GCB (Mil) 1992;
KG 2001
NAME, STYLE AND TITLE Raised to the peerage as Baron Inge, of Richmond in the County of
North Yorkshire 1997
HONORARY ACADEMIC DEGREES, ETC. Hon. DCL, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
