Sebastian Roberts

Major-General Sir Sebastian John Lechmere Roberts, KCVO, OBE (7 January 1954 – 9 March 2023) was a senior British Army officer who latterly served as the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.

Sir

Sebastian Roberts
Born(1954-01-07)7 January 1954
Died9 March 2023(2023-03-09) (aged 69)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1977–2010
RankMajor General
Service number502909
UnitIrish Guards
Commands heldLondon District
Household Division
1st Battalion Irish Guards
Battles/warsOperation Banner
AwardsKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Educated at St Philip's School, Ampleforth College and Balliol College, Oxford, Roberts was commissioned into the Irish Guards in 1977.[1]

Roberts went on to be Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards in London and Northern Ireland.[1] He was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 2003.[1] He became the Senior Army Representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2007[1] and retired in 2010.[2]

Roberts also served as Colonel of the Irish Guards from 2008 to 2011,[3] being succeeded by the Prince of Wales, then Prince William of Wales, on 10 February 2011.[4]

Roberts was the author of Soldiering: The Military Covenant (1998).[1]

Personal life and death

Roberts was married to Elizabeth. He died on 9 March 2023, at the age of 69. He was survived by four children.[5][1]

References
  1. Major General Sir Sebastian Roberts Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine World Security Network
  2. "No. 59355". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 March 2010. p. 4054.
  3. "No. 58642". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 March 2008. p. 4200.
  4. "Prince William appointed as Colonel of the Irish Guards, 10 February 2011". Buckingham Palace. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. "Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts, honorary Colonel of Irish Guards loved by brother officers for his irrepressible bonhomie – obituary". The Telegraph. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
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