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Lieutenant-General Sir John Norman Stewart Arthur, KCB, CVO (6 March 1931 – 18 December 2023) was the General Officer Commanding in Scotland.
Sir Norman Arthur | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 March 1931 |
| Died | 18 December 2023 (aged 92) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1951–1988 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 7th Armoured Brigade 3rd Armoured Division General Officer Commanding Scotland |
| Battles / wars | Operation Banner |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Arthur was commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys in 1951.[1] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he was part of the British equestrian team for the three-day event; he withdrew after the cross-country phase.[2]
Arthur was appointed Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1972[1] and mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1974 during The Troubles.[3] He became Commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in 1976.[1]
Arthur went on to be General Officer Commanding 3rd Armoured Division in 1980 and Director of Personal Services (Army) in 1983.[1] He was given the colonelcy of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in 1984, a position he held until 1998.[4] He was appointed General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1985; he retired in 1988.[1]
In 1996 he became Lord Lieutenant of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway Region,[5] and held this post until succeeded by Malcolm Ross in March 2006.[6]
In 1960 he married Theresa Mary Hopkinson; they went on to have two sons (one of whom died) and a daughter.[1] He married again in 2012 to Jillian Andrews.[7]
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