Michael Hobbs (British Army officer)

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Military career

Educated at Eton College,[1] Hobbs was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards on 14 April 1956 as a second lieutenant to fulfil his national service obligation.[2] He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 February 1958 and was removed from the national service list.[3] On 28 February 1964, he was promoted to captain,[4] and to major on 31 December 1969.[5] He served on the Directing Staff of Staff College, Camberley between 1974 and 1977. In 1979, during The Troubles, he was posted to Northern Ireland.[6]

On 30 June 1980, Hobbs was promoted to colonel,[7] and to brigadier on 31 December 1981.[8] He was appointed Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade in 1982. He was posted again to Northern Ireland in 1983 as part of the Staff.[9] He was appointed Director of Army Public Relations at the Ministry of Defence and served there from January 1984 to July 1985.[10] He was General Officer Commanding 4th Armoured Division between December 1985 and November 1987.[10] On 29 March 1986, he was promoted to major-general with seniority from 22 June 1984.[11]

Hobbs retired on 23 February 1988.[12]

Later life

Sir Michael has also held the positions of both Director of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award between 1988 and 1998 and a Director of the Outward Bound Trust since 1995.[13] He is a director of the London Law Trust, a grant making charitable trust, and has served as the Deputy Chairman of the Development Committee of the College of St. George.[14]

Sir Michael became the Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor in 2000 and retired from this post in July 2012.[1]

Awards and decorations

File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png File:Order of the British Empire (Military) Ribbon.png File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg

File:General Service Medal 1962 BAR MID.png File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg

File:Royal Victorian Order UK ribbon.png Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) 13 June 1998[15]
File:Order of the British Empire (Military) Ribbon.png Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 12 June 1982[16]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 9 October 1979[6]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 15 June 1974[17]
File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg Officer of the Order of St John 15 April 1994[18]
File:General Service Medal 1962 BAR MID.png General Service Medal with bronze palm for Mentioned in Dispatches With 'Northern Ireland' clasp, (MID) 1983[9]
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal 1977
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal 2002
File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal 2012

Personal life

Hobbs is married to Tessa.[19] Lady Hobbs is an internationally renowned garden designer.[20] In 2000, his son William Hobbs was jailed for killing a cyclist whilst drink-driving. The 21-year-old was sentenced to four and a half years.[19][20]

Hobb's grandmother was a lady in waiting to Queen Mary wife of George V.[21]

References

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Military offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check General Officer Commanding the 4th Armoured Division
1985–1987 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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