Lionel Stopford

Sir Lionel Stopford
Nickname(s)	Stoppy
Born	10 May 1860 Torquay, Devon, England
Died	13 September 1942 (aged 82) Lower Bourne, Surrey, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	RMC 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

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] before serving in World War I as a Brigade Commander until 1916 when he returned to his post as Commandant at Sandhurst.^[3]

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. The London Gazette: no. 24979. p. 2747. 27 May 1881. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
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