Peter Inge, Baron Inge

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name=Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. The Lord Inge
lived= 5 August 1935–
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caption= Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. The Lord Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL
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allegiance=flagicon|United Kingdom United Kingdom
serviceyears= 1956 – 1997
rank= Field Marshal
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commands= 1st Bn Green Howards
North East District
British Army of the Rhine
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awards= Knight of the Order of the Garter
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Mention in Despatches
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Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge KG, GCB, PC, DL (born 5 August 1935) was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1992 and 1994. On 15 March 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal and made Chief of the Defence Staff. Since retiring in 1997 he has been made a life peer and a Knight of the Garter. He has commanded, among other British Army regiments, the Green Howards.

He was a member of the Butler Inquiry team, chaired by Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, that determined that the intelligence used to declare Iraq's possession of "Weapons of Mass Destruction" was flawed. [http://www.butlerreview.org.uk/ Butler Inquiry website] ]

Army career

Educated at Wrekin College, Peter Inge was commissioned into the Green Howards from Sandhurst in 1956.Heathcote, Anthony p. 183] He served with the 1st Battalion in Hong Kong, Germany and Libya. After working in the Ministry of Defence, he returned to the Battalion as a company commander, serving in Northern Ireland.Heathcote, Anthony p. 184] From 1971 to 1972 he was Brigade Major with the 11th Armoured Brigade, before being appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion the Green Howards. Between 1977 and 1979 he commanded the Staff College’s Junior Division, then Task Force C of the British Army of the Rhine. In 1983 he returned to Britain as General Officer Commanding North Eastern District, based in York, then was appointed Director General, Logistics Policy (Army) at the Ministry of Defence. In 1987 he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, promoted to Lieutenant General and was appointed as General Officer Commanding I (British) Corps. In 1989 he became the Commander of NATO’s Northern Army Group and Commander in Chief of British Army of the Rhine. For his services in the Rhine he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB). On his return to the UK in 1992 he became Chief of the General Staff and in 1994 was promoted to Field Marshal and became Chief of the Defence Staff. He served in the post until 1997, when he was created a life peer as Baron Inge, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire. [Heathcote, Anthony p. 185]

Later career

He was appointed as one of the 24 Knights of the Garter in 2002. In 2004 he was made a Privy Councillor and appointed to serve on the Butler Committee, which examined the use of intelligence during the Iraq War.

He is president of the Pilgrims Society of Great Britain.

References

Further reading

* [http://www.icxt.com/corporate/advisory-board/international/index.cfm?content_id=97D6D421-1143-DB05-0786C4F25B3E7AF4 Biography at ICx Technology]
* Heathcote, T.A. (1999). "The British Field Marshals 1736-1997". Pen & Sword Books Ltd. ISBN 0-85052-696-5

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