John MacMillan (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir John Richard Alexander MacMillan KCB, CBE (born 8 February 1932) is a Scottish officer in the British Army who served as General Officer Commanding Scotland.

Sir John MacMillan
Birth nameJohn Richard Alexander MacMillan
Born (1932-02-08) 8 February 1932
St George Hanover Square, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1953–1991
RankLieutenant-General
Service number431870
UnitArgyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders
Commands held1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
39th Infantry Brigade
Eastern District
General Officer Commanding Scotland
Battles/warsOperation Banner
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
RelationsSir Gordon MacMillan (father)

Early life and education

MacMillan was born in London to General Sir Gordon MacMillan and Marion Blakiston-Houston.[1] He attended Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2]

Military career

MacMillan was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1953.[2]

He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Battalion the Gordon Highlanders in 1971[2] and Commander of 39th Infantry Brigade, a unit permanently stationed in Northern Ireland, in 1977.[2] He was given the colonelcy of the Gordon Highlanders from 1978 to 1986.[3]

He became General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1982, Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1984 and General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1988.[2] He retired in 1991.[2]

In 1995, he became Chairman of the Erskine Hospital in Renfrewshire.[4]

Family

In 1964, MacMillan married Belinda Webb, daughter of Lt-Col Richard Henry Lumley Webb. They have one son, Gordon John, and two daughters, Elizabeth Mary and Diana Belinda.[1]

References

  1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2536. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. Debrett's People of Today 1994
  3. "The Gordon Highlanders". regiments.org. Archived from the original on 30 December 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Major rebuilding project planned for Erskine Hospital Glasgow Herald, 9 March 1995
Military offices
Preceded by
Richard Gerrard-Wright
General Officer Commanding Eastern District
19821984
Succeeded by
Charles Ramsay
Preceded by
Laurence New
Assistant Chief of the General Staff
1984–1987
Succeeded by
Charles Guthrie
Preceded by
Sir Norman Arthur
GOC Scotland
1988–1991
Succeeded by
Sir Peter Graham
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