Robert Auld (British Army officer)

Major-General Robert Auld CB (1 October 1848 – 17 February 1911) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.

Robert Auld
Born1 October 1848
Colombo, Ceylon
Died17 February 1911 (aged 62)
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1869–1911
RankMajor-General
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Military career

Auld was commissioned into the 5th Regiment of Foot in 1869.[1] He was appointed Aide-de-camp to the Governor of Malta in 1878, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at Headquarters Southern District in 1882 and Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters Ireland in 1889.[1] He went on to be Commander of the Mounted Infantry at Aldershot Command in 1892, Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters North Western District in 1894 and Assistant Adjutant General at Headquarters Southern District in 1897.[1] His next appointments were as Assistant Director General of Ordnance in 1899, Assistant Quartermaster General at Army Headquarters (War Office) later in 1899 and Deputy Quartermaster General at Army Headquarters on 7 April 1902.[1][2] Finally he became Director of Supplies and Clothing in 1904, Commander of the Infantry Brigade at Gibraltar in 1905 and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey in 1908.[1]

He lived at Saumarez Park in Guernsey[3] and died in office in 1911.[4]

References
  1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. "No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2693.
  3. Armstrong Siddeley Motors: The Cars, the Company and the People by Billy Smith, p.32
  4. "No. 28493". The London Gazette. 12 May 1911. p. 3639.
Government offices
Preceded by
Barrington Campbell		 Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
1908–1911		 Succeeded by
Sir Edward Hamilton
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