General Sir Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison, KCB, CMG, DSO (2 August 1871 – 1930) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Sir Alexander Hutchison | |
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 Sir Alexander Hutchison | |
| Born | 2 August 1871 Colombo, Ceylon |
| Died | 1930 |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Marines |
| Years of service | 1890–1927 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Adjutant-General Royal Marines |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Background and family
editHutchison was the second son of Colonel F. J. Hutchison, 84th Regiment, and was born in Colombo, Ceylon, where his father was stationed at the time of his birth in 1871. He married at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, on 7 January 1903, Georgina Courtenay (Daisy) Haswell, from Gosport, eldest daughter of W. H. Haswell, Fleet Paymaster in the Royal Navy.[1]
Military career
editHutchison was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 28 March 1890.[2] Promoted to captain on 6 December 1897, he fought in the Second Boer War.[3]
He served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in 1915[4] and then saw action in the Gallipoli campaign later that year.[5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in June 1917 and took command of a brigade,[6] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1918 during the latter stages of the First World War.[7]
Hutchison went on to be Adjutant-General Royal Marines from March 1924 before retiring in December 1927.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Marriages". The Times. No. 36975. London. 12 January 1903. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 26044". The London Gazette. 22 April 1890. p. 2339.
- ^ "Visitation of England and Wales". 1902. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "No. 29290". The London Gazette. 10 September 1915. p. 8986.
- ^ "Royal Navy medals". Naval History. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "No. 30208". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 July 1917. p. 7755.
- ^ "Navy List". June 1920. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
- ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2016.