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|name= The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank |
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|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1938|11|17|df=y}} |
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|birth_place= [[Chelsea, London]], England |
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|branch= [[British Army]] |
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|serviceyears= 1959–2001 |
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|rank= [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] |
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|unit= [[Welsh Guards]] |
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[[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] '''Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|GCB|GCVO|OBE|DL}} (born 17 November 1938) is a retired senior officer of the [[British Army]] who served as [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1994 to 1997 and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] from 1997 until his retirement in 2001. |
[[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] '''Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|GCB|GCVO|OBE|DL}} (born 17 November 1938) is a retired senior officer of the [[British Army]] who served as [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] from 1994 to 1997 and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] from 1997 until his retirement in 2001. |
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==Army career== |
==Army career== |
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[[File:General Guthrie.jpg|thumb|Lord Guthrie meeting Defence Ministers]] |
[[File:General Guthrie.jpg|thumb|Lord Guthrie meeting Defence Ministers]] |
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Guthrie was commissioned into the [[Welsh Guards]] on 25 July 1959.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41826 |date=22 September 1959 |page=6045 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 1 June 1961<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42419 |date=21 July 1961 |page=5495 |supp=y }}</ref> and [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 25 July 1965.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43721 |date=23 July 1965 |page=7137 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1966 he became a troop commander with 22 [[Special Air Service]] Regiment serving in [[South Yemen|Aden]], the [[Persian Gulf]], [[Malaysia]] and [[East Africa]] and then in 1968 he became a squadron commander with 22 Special Air Service Regiment serving in the Persian Gulf and the United Kingdom.<ref name = nato>{{cite web|url=http://www.hq.nato.int/cv/chod/uk/guthrie.htm|title=Nato biography|access-date=24 July 2012|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001015244/http://www.hq.nato.int/cv/chod/uk/guthrie.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He returned to the Welsh Guards in [[Münster]] in 1970 and, following his promotion to [[major]] on 31 December 1970,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45271 |date=1 January 1971 |page=119 |supp=y }}</ref> he was given command of a mechanised infantry company in the 1st Battalion.<ref name=nato/> He became Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff in 1973 and, following a year as Second in Command of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in [[London]] and [[Cyprus]]<ref name=nato/> and having been promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] on 31 December 1975,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46773 |date=29 December 1975 |page=16370 |supp=y }}</ref> he became [[brigade major]] for the [[Household Division]] in 1976.<ref name=WW/> Guthrie was appointed a [[Royal Victorian Order|Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO ''fourth class'') in the [[1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours]]; on 31 December 1984 this rank was reclassified as Lieutenant (LVO).<ref name="lvo">{{London Gazette |issue=47234 |date=11 June 1977 |page=7084 |supp=y}}</ref> |
Guthrie was commissioned into the [[Welsh Guards]] on 25 July 1959.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=41826 |date=22 September 1959 |page=6045 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 1 June 1961<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=42419 |date=21 July 1961 |page=5495 |supp=y }}</ref> and [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 25 July 1965.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=43721 |date=23 July 1965 |page=7137 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1966 he became a troop commander with 22 [[Special Air Service]] Regiment serving in [[South Yemen|Aden]], the [[Persian Gulf]], [[Malaysia]] and [[East Africa]] and then in 1968 he became a squadron commander with 22 Special Air Service Regiment serving in the Persian Gulf and the United Kingdom.<ref name = nato>{{cite web|url=http://www.hq.nato.int/cv/chod/uk/guthrie.htm|title=Nato biography|access-date=24 July 2012|archive-date=1 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001015244/http://www.hq.nato.int/cv/chod/uk/guthrie.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He returned to the Welsh Guards in [[Münster]] in 1970 and, following his promotion to [[Major (rank)|major]] on 31 December 1970,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45271 |date=1 January 1971 |page=119 |supp=y }}</ref> he was given command of a mechanised infantry company in the 1st Battalion.<ref name=nato/> He became Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff in 1973 and, following a year as Second in Command of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in [[London]] and [[Cyprus]]<ref name=nato/> and having been promoted to [[lieutenant colonel]] on 31 December 1975,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46773 |date=29 December 1975 |page=16370 |supp=y }}</ref> he became [[brigade major]] for the [[Household Division]] in 1976.<ref name=WW/> Guthrie was appointed a [[Royal Victorian Order|Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO ''fourth class'') in the [[1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours]]; on 31 December 1984 this rank was reclassified as Lieutenant (LVO).<ref name="lvo">{{London Gazette |issue=47234 |date=11 June 1977 |page=7084 |supp=y}}</ref> |
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Guthrie was appointed [[commanding officer]] of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in 1977 in which role he was deployed to [[Berlin]].<ref name=WW/> Promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] on 31 December 1979,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48080 |date=28 January 1980 |page=1438 |supp=y }}</ref> he undertook a tour of duty in [[Northern Ireland]] in Spring 1980 for which he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]].<ref name=obe>{{London Gazette|issue=48346 |date=20 October 1980 |page=14607 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1980 he was also briefly Commander of British Forces in the [[New Hebrides]].<ref name=WW/> He then spent two years as Colonel on the General Staff for Military Operations at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name=WW/> Promoted to [[brigadier]] on 31 December 1981,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48852 |date=4 January 1982 |page=157 |supp=y }}</ref> he became Brigade Commander of [[4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East|4th Armoured Brigade]] in 1982.<ref name=WW/> In 1984 he was made chief of staff for [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|1st British Corps]] in [[Bielefeld]].<ref name=nato/> Following his appointment as [[general officer commanding]] (GOC) [[North East District (British Army)|North East District]] and Commander [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Division]] based in [[York]] on 18 January 1986,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50426 |date=10 February 1986 |page=1965 |supp=y }}</ref> he was given the substantive rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major general]] on 31 March 1986.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50515 |date=12 May 1986 |page=6487 |supp=y }}</ref> |
Guthrie was appointed [[commanding officer]] of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in 1977 in which role he was deployed to [[Berlin]].<ref name=WW/> Promoted to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] on 31 December 1979,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48080 |date=28 January 1980 |page=1438 |supp=y }}</ref> he undertook a tour of duty in [[Northern Ireland]] in Spring 1980 for which he was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]].<ref name=obe>{{London Gazette|issue=48346 |date=20 October 1980 |page=14607 |supp=y }}</ref> In 1980 he was also briefly Commander of British Forces in the [[New Hebrides]].<ref name=WW/> He then spent two years as Colonel on the General Staff for Military Operations at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]].<ref name=WW/> Promoted to [[brigadier]] on 31 December 1981,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48852 |date=4 January 1982 |page=157 |supp=y }}</ref> he became Brigade Commander of [[4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East|4th Armoured Brigade]] in 1982.<ref name=WW/> In 1984 he was made chief of staff for [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|1st British Corps]] in [[Bielefeld]].<ref name=nato/> Following his appointment as [[general officer commanding]] (GOC) [[North East District (British Army)|North East District]] and Commander [[2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|2nd Infantry Division]] based in [[York]] on 18 January 1986,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50426 |date=10 February 1986 |page=1965 |supp=y }}</ref> he was given the substantive rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major general]] on 31 March 1986.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50515 |date=12 May 1986 |page=6487 |supp=y }}</ref> |
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Guthrie then became [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] (CGS) on 15 March 1994,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53645 |date=18 April 1994 |page=5799 |supp=y }}</ref> being advanced to a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] 1994.<ref name=gcb>{{London Gazette|issue=53696 |date=10 June 1994 |page=2 |supp=y }}</ref> As CGS, he was responsible for providing strategic military advice to the British Government on the deployment of troops for the [[Bosnian War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/ifor/trans/t960724a.htm|title=Transcript of the Press Briefing|date=24 July 1996|publisher=NATO|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> and also in 1996 updated the [[British Military Doctrine]].<ref name="cgsdmo">{{cite news |title=Design for Military Operations - The British Military Doctrine |url=http://www.navedu.navy.mi.th/stg/databasestory/data/youttasart/youttasarttalae/bigcity/UK/British_Military_Doctrine.pdf |work=Army Code No 71451 |issue=D/CGS/50/8 |publisher=Chief of the General Staff |date=1996}}</ref> |
Guthrie then became [[Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the General Staff]] (CGS) on 15 March 1994,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=53645 |date=18 April 1994 |page=5799 |supp=y }}</ref> being advanced to a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[Queen's Birthday Honours]] 1994.<ref name=gcb>{{London Gazette|issue=53696 |date=10 June 1994 |page=2 |supp=y }}</ref> As CGS, he was responsible for providing strategic military advice to the British Government on the deployment of troops for the [[Bosnian War]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/ifor/trans/t960724a.htm|title=Transcript of the Press Briefing|date=24 July 1996|publisher=NATO|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> and also in 1996 updated the [[British Military Doctrine]].<ref name="cgsdmo">{{cite news |title=Design for Military Operations - The British Military Doctrine |url=http://www.navedu.navy.mi.th/stg/databasestory/data/youttasart/youttasarttalae/bigcity/UK/British_Military_Doctrine.pdf |work=Army Code No 71451 |issue=D/CGS/50/8 |publisher=Chief of the General Staff |date=1996}}</ref> |
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Guthrie went on to become [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] on 2 April 1997.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54726 |date=7 April 1997 |page=4170 |supp=y }}</ref> In that position, he advised the British Government on the conduct of the [[Kosovo War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ukos.htm|title=UK military briefing on operation allied force|date=27 March 1999|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> He also warned against a British invasion of [[Zimbabwe]] to undertake [[regime change]] against [[Robert Mugabe]], saying "Hold hard, you'll make it worse."<ref name="independent2007-guthrie">{{cite news|title=Lord Guthrie: 'Tony's General' turns defence into an attack|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lord-guthrie-tonys-general-turns-defence-into-an-attack-399865.html|work=The Independent|date=11 November 2007}}</ref> |
Guthrie went on to become [[Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom)|Chief of the Defence Staff]] on 2 April 1997.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=54726 |date=7 April 1997 |page=4170 |supp=y }}</ref> In that position, he advised the British Government on the conduct of the [[Kosovo War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ukos.htm|title=UK military briefing on operation allied force|date=27 March 1999|access-date=17 December 2011|archive-date=7 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607031904/http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ukos.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also warned against a British invasion of [[Zimbabwe]] to undertake [[regime change]] against [[Robert Mugabe]], saying "Hold hard, you'll make it worse."<ref name="independent2007-guthrie">{{cite news|title=Lord Guthrie: 'Tony's General' turns defence into an attack|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lord-guthrie-tonys-general-turns-defence-into-an-attack-399865.html|work=The Independent|date=11 November 2007}}</ref> |
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Guthrie retired from the British Army in 2001.<ref name=WW/> |
Guthrie retired from the British Army in 2001.<ref name=WW/> |
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==Post-career activities== |
==Post-career activities== |
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After retiring from the British Army,<ref name=WW/> he was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank''', of Craigiebank in the [[City |
After retiring from the British Army,<ref name=WW/> he was created a [[life peer]] as '''Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank''', of Craigiebank in the [[Dundee City council area]], in June 2001.<ref>[https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-guthrie-of-craigiebank/3608 www.parliament.uk]</ref> Lord Guthrie sat as a [[crossbencher]] in the [[House of Lords]].<ref name=burke>{{cite web|url=http://www.burkespeerage.com/ |title=Burkes Peerage|access-date=24 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56260 |date=2 July 2001 |page=7767 }}</ref> He was one of several retired Chiefs of Defence Staff who spoke out in the House of Lords about the risk to servicemen facing liability for their actions before the [[International Criminal Court]], particularly with respect to the [[invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2005-07-14b.1220.0&s=speaker%3A13420#g1233.0 |title=Armed Forces: Chain of Command|publisher=Hansard|date=14 July 2005|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref> [[George Monbiot]] criticised Guthrie for an alleged lack of understanding of [[international law]]. Monbiot based his argument on Guthrie's September 2002 statement for an invasion of Iraq and subsequent comments, in which he appeared to support launching "surprise wars", something forbidden by the [[United Nations]] Charter.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/story/0,,2233793,00.html |title=How Britain became party to a crime that may have killed a million people|first=George|last=Monbiot|newspaper= [[The Guardian]]|date= 1 January 2008|access-date=17 December 2011|location=London}}</ref> Guthrie disagreed publicly with [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Gordon Brown]] in 2008 over military funding.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6726512.ece |title=Guthrie attacks Gordon Brown over helicopters for Afghanistan troops|first=Alice |last=Thomson|newspaper= [[The Times]]|date= 25 July 2009}}</ref> |
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In 2007 Guthrie co-authored a book on ethics in modern warfare with [[Michael Quinlan (civil servant)|Sir Michael Quinlan]], formerly Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.<ref>{{cite book |title=Just War: The Just War Tradition: Ethics in Modern Warfare |author=Charles Guthrie and Michael Quinlan |publisher=Walker |year=2007 |isbn=9780802717030 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywEA8xBSuT4C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/03/politics1 |title=Immoral victories |author=Richard Norton-Taylor |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 November 2007 |access-date=16 September 2012 |location=London}}</ref> |
In 2007 Guthrie co-authored a book on ethics in modern warfare with [[Michael Quinlan (civil servant)|Sir Michael Quinlan]], formerly Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.<ref>{{cite book |title=Just War: The Just War Tradition: Ethics in Modern Warfare |author=Charles Guthrie and Michael Quinlan |publisher=Walker |year=2007 |isbn=9780802717030 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ywEA8xBSuT4C}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/03/politics1 |title=Immoral victories |author=Richard Norton-Taylor |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 November 2007 |access-date=16 September 2012 |location=London}}</ref> |
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Guthrie was promoted to the honorary rank of [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|field marshal]] in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.com/en/node/224117|title=Announcement|publisher=AFP|access-date=22 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128225629/http://www.afp.com/en/node/224117|archive-date=28 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=60350|page=23557|date=7 December 2012}}</ref> |
Guthrie was promoted to the honorary rank of [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|field marshal]] in June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.com/en/node/224117|title=Announcement|publisher=AFP|access-date=22 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128225629/http://www.afp.com/en/node/224117|archive-date=28 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|nolink=y|issue=60350|page=23557|date=7 December 2012}}</ref> |
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Guthrie has served as a non-executive director of [[Gulf Keystone Petroleum]], Rivada Networks, Ashley Gardens Block 2 Ltd, [[Colt Defense]] LLC and Sciens Capital; he has served as a director of [[N M Rothschild & Sons]], Gulf Keystone, and [[Petropavlovsk plc|Petropavlovsk PLC]]; he has served as a non-executive chairman of Siboney Ltd.; he has been a shareholder of [[Palantir Technologies]] and the global strategic intelligence firm Arcanum, which is a subsidiary of Magellen Investment Holdings.<ref name="HoL_interests">{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg10.htm|title=House of Lords: Register of Interests|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="HoL_bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-guthrie-of-craigiebank/3608|title=Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank|work=parliament.uk|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="ArcanumBio">{{cite web|url=https://www.arcanumglobal.com/team_members/field-marshal-charles-ronald-llewelyn-guthrie/?pdf-template|title=Field Marshal Charles Roland Llewelyn Guthrie: Senior Adviser to the Chairman|date=2018|work=Arcanum|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> He is also a member of the [[Top Level Group|Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation]], established in October 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/nuclear-disarmament-cross-party-group |title=Nuclear-free world ultimate aim of new cross-party pressure group|first=Julian|last=Borger|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 September 2009|access-date=17 December 2011|location=London}}</ref> He is president of several charities, including [[Action Research (charity)|Action Medical Research]], the [[Army Benevolent Fund]], Soldier On!,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldieron.org.uk/?page_id=21|title=Our Patrons|publisher=Soldier on!|access-date=7 August 2013}}</ref> and the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association.<ref name="HoL_interests" /> Until 2019, he was also the president of [[London Youth (Federation of London Youth Clubs)]]. He is a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Dorset]].<ref name=WW/> |
Guthrie has served as a non-executive director of [[Gulf Keystone Petroleum]], Rivada Networks, Ashley Gardens Block 2 Ltd, [[Colt Defense]] LLC and Sciens Capital; he has served as a director of [[N M Rothschild & Sons]], Gulf Keystone, and [[Petropavlovsk plc|Petropavlovsk PLC]]; he has served as a non-executive chairman of Siboney Ltd.; he has been a shareholder of [[Palantir Technologies]] and the global strategic intelligence firm Arcanum, which is a subsidiary of Magellen Investment Holdings.<ref name="HoL_interests">{{cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldreg/reg10.htm|title=House of Lords: Register of Interests|access-date=17 December 2011}}</ref><ref name="HoL_bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-guthrie-of-craigiebank/3608|title=Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank|work=parliament.uk|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="ArcanumBio">{{cite web|url=https://www.arcanumglobal.com/team_members/field-marshal-charles-ronald-llewelyn-guthrie/?pdf-template|title=Field Marshal Charles Roland Llewelyn Guthrie: Senior Adviser to the Chairman|date=2018|work=Arcanum|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> He is also a member of the [[Top Level Group|Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation]], established in October 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/08/nuclear-disarmament-cross-party-group |title=Nuclear-free world ultimate aim of new cross-party pressure group|first=Julian|last=Borger|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 September 2009|access-date=17 December 2011|location=London}}</ref> He is president of several charities, including [[Action Research (charity)|Action Medical Research]], the [[Army Benevolent Fund]], Soldier On!,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soldieron.org.uk/?page_id=21|title=Our Patrons|publisher=Soldier on!|access-date=7 August 2013|archive-date=5 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705194442/http://www.soldieron.org.uk/?page_id=21|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association.<ref name="HoL_interests" /> Until 2019, he was also the president of [[London Youth (Federation of London Youth Clubs)]]. He is a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for [[Dorset]].<ref name=WW/> |
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Guthrie was one of several contributors to a 2013 book on public sector management.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Public Sector:Managing the Unmanageable|author=Stevenson, Alexander|isbn=978-0-7494-6777-7|year=2013|publisher=Kogan Page}}</ref> A Roman Catholic convert,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/catholiclife/2010/06/18/general-tells-pupils-about-history-and-leadership/ |title=General tells pupils about history and leadership|newspaper=Catholic Herald|date=18 June 2010|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> Guthrie became a [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Knight of Malta]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lord-guthrie-tonys-general-turns-defence-into-an-attack-399865.html|title=Lord Guthrie: 'Tony's General' turns defence into an attack |newspaper=The Independent|date=11 November 2008|access-date=28 December 2011|location=London|first=Cole|last=Moreton}}</ref> and is a Patron of the Catholic homeless charities Cardinal Hume Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/?pageid=SupportForTheCentre.xml |title=About Us: Patrons|publisher=Cardinal Hume Centre|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> and Caritas Anchor House.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://caritasanchorhouse.org.uk/our-supporters |title=Our Supporters |publisher=Caritas Anchor House}}</ref> He became Chancellor of [[Liverpool Hope University]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sas-veteran-lord-guthrie-becomes-5108429|title=SAS veteran Lord Guthrie becomes new Liverpool Hope University chancellor|date=16 July 2013|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> |
Guthrie was one of several contributors to a 2013 book on public sector management.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Public Sector:Managing the Unmanageable|author=Stevenson, Alexander|isbn=978-0-7494-6777-7|year=2013|publisher=Kogan Page}}</ref> A Roman Catholic convert,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/catholiclife/2010/06/18/general-tells-pupils-about-history-and-leadership/ |title=General tells pupils about history and leadership|newspaper=Catholic Herald|date=18 June 2010|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> Guthrie became a [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Knight of Malta]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/lord-guthrie-tonys-general-turns-defence-into-an-attack-399865.html|title=Lord Guthrie: 'Tony's General' turns defence into an attack |newspaper=The Independent|date=11 November 2008|access-date=28 December 2011|location=London|first=Cole|last=Moreton}}</ref> and is a Patron of the Catholic homeless charities Cardinal Hume Centre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardinalhumecentre.org.uk/?pageid=SupportForTheCentre.xml |title=About Us: Patrons|publisher=Cardinal Hume Centre|access-date=28 December 2011}}</ref> and Caritas Anchor House.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://caritasanchorhouse.org.uk/our-supporters |title= Our Supporters |publisher= Caritas Anchor House |access-date= 5 December 2014 |archive-date= 7 December 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141207082342/http://caritasanchorhouse.org.uk/our-supporters/ |url-status= dead }}</ref> He became Chancellor of [[Liverpool Hope University]] in July 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sas-veteran-lord-guthrie-becomes-5108429|title=SAS veteran Lord Guthrie becomes new Liverpool Hope University chancellor|date=16 July 2013|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref> |
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In August 2014, Lord Guthrie was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' opposing [[Scottish independence]] in the run-up to September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text|title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=7 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> He initially supported the continuance of the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom's]] presence in the [[European Union]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union]], but suddenly switched to an advocacy of withdrawing from it less than a week before the vote was held, issuing a public warning of the ambitions inherent in the E.U. for the creation of a new "European Army", which he stated "would be a disaster".<ref name=bbc-20160618>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36565036 |title=EU referendum: Ex-army chief Lord Guthrie switches to Leave |publisher=BBC News|date=18 June 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> He is on the advisory board of [[Veterans for Britain]] an organization with the stated aim of supporting " Her Majesty's Government in the task of restoring full sovereign control to all aspects of the defence of the Realm " following the EU referendum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veteransforbritain.uk/about/aims|title=About us|website=Veterans for Britain|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref> |
In August 2014, Lord Guthrie was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' opposing [[Scottish independence]] in the run-up to September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text|title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=7 August 2014|access-date=25 August 2014}}</ref> He initially supported the continuance of the [[United Kingdom|United Kingdom's]] presence in the [[European Union]] in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|2016 referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union]], but suddenly switched to an advocacy of withdrawing from it less than a week before the vote was held, issuing a public warning of the ambitions inherent in the E.U. for the creation of a new "European Army", which he stated "would be a disaster".<ref name=bbc-20160618>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36565036 |title=EU referendum: Ex-army chief Lord Guthrie switches to Leave |publisher=BBC News|date=18 June 2016 |access-date=18 June 2016}}</ref> He is on the advisory board of [[Veterans for Britain]] an organization with the stated aim of supporting " Her Majesty's Government in the task of restoring full sovereign control to all aspects of the defence of the Realm " following the EU referendum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.veteransforbritain.uk/about/aims|title=About us|website=Veterans for Britain|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225150637/http://veteransforbritain.uk/about/aims/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Since 1 August 2017 Lord Guthrie has been the Senior Advisor to Ron Wahid, Chairman of Arcanum, a subsidiary of Magellan Investment Holdings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2017/08/23/lord-guthrie-comes-aboard-at-arcanum,108258469-art|title=United Kingdom: Lord Guthrie Comes Aboard at Arcanum – Intelligence Online|date=23 August 2017|publisher=Intelligence online|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=ArcanumPRbio>{{cite news|url=https://www.arcanumglobal.com/news/former-head-british-army-defence-chief-joins-arcanum/?pdf-template|title=Former Head of the British Army and Defence Chief Joins Arcanum|work=Arcanum|date=1 August 2018|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> Established 23 March 2015, Magellan Investment Holdings is a holding company with investments in natural resources, energy, real estate, fine arts, aerospace and defense and technology. Magellan is the parent company of two subsidiaries: Arcanum, a global intelligence firm, and RJI Capital, a merchant banking and strategic advisory company.<ref name="MagellanHoldings">{{cite web|url=https://www.gbrbusiness.com/company/Magellan-Investment-Holdings-Limited|title=Magellan Investment Holdings Limited|work=gbr.business.com|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://magellanholdings.co.uk/|title=Magellan Holdings|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> |
Since 1 August 2017 Lord Guthrie has been the Senior Advisor to Ron Wahid, Chairman of Arcanum, a subsidiary of Magellan Investment Holdings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.intelligenceonline.com/corporate-intelligence/2017/08/23/lord-guthrie-comes-aboard-at-arcanum,108258469-art|title=United Kingdom: Lord Guthrie Comes Aboard at Arcanum – Intelligence Online|date=23 August 2017|publisher=Intelligence online|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=ArcanumPRbio>{{cite news|url=https://www.arcanumglobal.com/news/former-head-british-army-defence-chief-joins-arcanum/?pdf-template|title=Former Head of the British Army and Defence Chief Joins Arcanum|work=Arcanum|date=1 August 2018|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref> Established 23 March 2015, Magellan Investment Holdings is a holding company with investments in natural resources, energy, real estate, fine arts, aerospace and defense and technology. Magellan is the parent company of two subsidiaries: Arcanum, a global intelligence firm, and RJI Capital, a merchant banking and strategic advisory company.<ref name="MagellanHoldings">{{cite web|url=https://www.gbrbusiness.com/company/Magellan-Investment-Holdings-Limited|title=Magellan Investment Holdings Limited|work=gbr.business.com|access-date=11 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://magellanholdings.co.uk/|title=Magellan Holdings|access-date=11 December 2018|archive-date=11 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211223841/https://magellanholdings.co.uk/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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On 9 June 2018 it was reported that, at the annual [[Trooping the Colour]] event, Lord Guthrie fell from his horse and had been admitted to hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/09/trooping-colour-lord-guthrie-thrown-horse-cememony/|title=Trooping the Colour: Former Chief of Defence staff Lord Guthrie falls from horse during ceremony|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London|date=9 June 2018|access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref> On 8 January 2019, in an extraordinary intervention in the political sphere by figures from the military and intelligence services quarter, Guthrie sent a letter, co-signed by [[Richard Dearlove|Sir Richard Dearlove]], to [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] Parliamentary Constituency Association Chairs, stating that the passage through the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of Prime Minister [[Theresa May]]'s [[Brexit withdrawal agreement|Withdrawal Agreement]] of the United Kingdom from the European Union contained decisions which fundamentally undermined the integrity of the Defence of the Realm, and requested they take measures to discourage their parliamentary representatives from voting for it imminently in the Commons. The letter as an alternative advocated the case upon national security grounds that the United Kingdom should fully withdraw from the European Union without an [[Intergovernmentalism|Intergovernmental]] relationship between the two persisting after the process.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theresa May's Brexit deal threatens national security says former head of MI6|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 January 2019|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/01/10/theresa-mays-deal-threatens-national-security-says-former-head/|access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> |
On 9 June 2018 it was reported that, at the annual [[Trooping the Colour]] event, Lord Guthrie fell from his horse and had been admitted to hospital.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/06/09/trooping-colour-lord-guthrie-thrown-horse-cememony/|title=Trooping the Colour: Former Chief of Defence staff Lord Guthrie falls from horse during ceremony|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=London|date=9 June 2018|access-date=9 June 2018}}</ref> On 8 January 2019, in an extraordinary intervention in the political sphere by figures from the military and intelligence services quarter, Guthrie sent a letter, co-signed by [[Richard Dearlove|Sir Richard Dearlove]], to [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] Parliamentary Constituency Association Chairs, stating that the passage through the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of Prime Minister [[Theresa May]]'s [[Brexit withdrawal agreement|Withdrawal Agreement]] of the United Kingdom from the European Union contained decisions which fundamentally undermined the integrity of the Defence of the Realm, and requested they take measures to discourage their parliamentary representatives from voting for it imminently in the Commons. The letter as an alternative advocated the case upon national security grounds that the United Kingdom should fully withdraw from the European Union without an [[Intergovernmentalism|Intergovernmental]] relationship between the two persisting after the process.<ref>{{cite news|title=Theresa May's Brexit deal threatens national security says former head of MI6|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 January 2019|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/01/10/theresa-mays-deal-threatens-national-security-says-former-head/|access-date=11 January 2019}}</ref> |
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He married, on 11 September 1971, Catherine Worrall, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Claude Worrall, [[Coldstream Guards]]. The couple have two sons.<ref name=WW/><ref name=burke/> She died from heart failure on 8 October 2022, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |department=Register |title=Lady Guthrie |date=15 October 2022 |page=86 |issue=73915 |column=2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lady Guthrie obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lady-guthrie-obituary-8bmjx5mxk |access-date=11 November 2022 |work=The Times |date=11 November 2022}}</ref> Guthrie's younger brother is James Guthrie, [[King's Counsel|KC]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.3harecourt.com/content/view/james-guthrie-qc|title=James Guthrie|publisher=Harecourt|access-date=20 July 2022|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127032346/https://www.3harecourt.com/content/view/james-guthrie-qc|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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|[[File:SMOM.svg|80px]] || [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]|| 1999 ([[SMOM]])<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/internationalwho2004ond/page/666 666]|quote=charles guthrie Malta who's who 2004.|title=The International Who's Who 2004|date=26 April 2024 |publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=9781857432176 |access-date=22 June 2017}}</ref> |
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Field Marshal The Right Honourable
The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank
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Born | (1938-11-17) 17 November 1938 (age 85) Chelsea, London, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1959–2001 |
Rank | Field Marshal |
Service number | 461440 |
Unit | Welsh Guards |
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Field Marshal Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL (born 17 November 1938) is a retired senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001.
Guthrie's military career saw service with the Welsh Guards and the Special Air Service; he was closely involved in military operations in Northern Ireland and provided advice to the British Government during the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War.
Born in Chelsea, London into a Scottish landed family, Guthrie was the elder son of Major Ronald Guthrie and Nina née Llewelyn.[1][2] He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.[1]
As an Old Harrovian, and due to his seniority in the British Army, Harrow School's Combined Cadet Force contingent, the Harrow Rifle Corps, chose to name an annual inter-CCF competition in Guthrie's honour. [3] The Guthrie Cup is a Section patrol competition, run for school CCFs in London District, supported by adult volunteers and cadets from the Harrow Rifle Corps and local Army Cadet Force detachments.[4]
Guthrie was commissioned into the Welsh Guards on 25 July 1959.[5] He was promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1961[6] and captain on 25 July 1965.[7] In 1966 he became a troop commander with 22 Special Air Service Regiment serving in Aden, the Persian Gulf, Malaysia and East Africa and then in 1968 he became a squadron commander with 22 Special Air Service Regiment serving in the Persian Gulf and the United Kingdom.[8] He returned to the Welsh Guards in Münster in 1970 and, following his promotion to major on 31 December 1970,[9] he was given command of a mechanised infantry company in the 1st Battalion.[8] He became Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff in 1973 and, following a year as Second in Command of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in London and Cyprus[8] and having been promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1975,[10] he became brigade major for the Household Division in 1976.[1] Guthrie was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO fourth class) in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours; on 31 December 1984 this rank was reclassified as Lieutenant (LVO).[11]
Guthrie was appointed commanding officer of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in 1977 in which role he was deployed to Berlin.[1] Promoted to colonel on 31 December 1979,[12] he undertook a tour of duty in Northern Ireland in Spring 1980 for which he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[13] In 1980 he was also briefly Commander of British Forces in the New Hebrides.[1] He then spent two years as Colonel on the General Staff for Military Operations at the Ministry of Defence.[1] Promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1981,[14] he became Brigade Commander of 4th Armoured Brigade in 1982.[1] In 1984 he was made chief of staff for 1st British CorpsinBielefeld.[8] Following his appointment as general officer commanding (GOC) North East District and Commander 2nd Infantry Division based in York on 18 January 1986,[15] he was given the substantive rank of major general on 31 March 1986.[16]
On 24 November 1987, Guthrie became Assistant Chief of the General Staff at the Ministry of Defence.[17] On 2 October 1989 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed GOC 1st British Corps,[18][19] and, having been appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1990 New Year Honours,[20] he relinquished his command on 2 December 1991.[21]
Guthrie was appointed Commander of Northern Army Group and British Army of the Rhine on 7 January 1992[22] and, following promotion to (full) general on 14 February 1992,[23] became ADCtothe Queen on 13 July 1993.[24]
Guthrie then became Chief of the General Staff (CGS) on 15 March 1994,[25] being advanced to a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the Queen's Birthday Honours 1994.[26] As CGS, he was responsible for providing strategic military advice to the British Government on the deployment of troops for the Bosnian War,[27] and also in 1996 updated the British Military Doctrine.[28]
Guthrie went on to become Chief of the Defence Staff on 2 April 1997.[29] In that position, he advised the British Government on the conduct of the Kosovo War.[30] He also warned against a British invasion of Zimbabwe to undertake regime change against Robert Mugabe, saying "Hold hard, you'll make it worse."[31]
Guthrie retired from the British Army in 2001.[1]
Guthrie was appointed Colonel Commandant of the Intelligence Corps on 1 March 1986 and Colonel Commandant of the Special Air Service in 2000.[32][1] For twenty years he served as Colonel of The Life Guards and Gold Stick-in-WaitingtoThe Queen, from 1 January 1999 to 7 June 2019.[33][34]
After retiring from the British Army,[1] he was created a life peerasBaron Guthrie of Craigiebank, of Craigiebank in the Dundee City council area, in June 2001.[35] Lord Guthrie sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.[36][37] He was one of several retired Chiefs of Defence Staff who spoke out in the House of Lords about the risk to servicemen facing liability for their actions before the International Criminal Court, particularly with respect to the invasion of Iraq.[38] George Monbiot criticised Guthrie for an alleged lack of understanding of international law. Monbiot based his argument on Guthrie's September 2002 statement for an invasion of Iraq and subsequent comments, in which he appeared to support launching "surprise wars", something forbidden by the United Nations Charter.[39] Guthrie disagreed publicly with Prime Minister Gordon Brown in 2008 over military funding.[40]
In 2007 Guthrie co-authored a book on ethics in modern warfare with Sir Michael Quinlan, formerly Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence.[41][42]
Guthrie was promoted to the honorary rank of field marshal in June 2012.[43][44]
Guthrie has served as a non-executive director of Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Rivada Networks, Ashley Gardens Block 2 Ltd, Colt Defense LLC and Sciens Capital; he has served as a director of N M Rothschild & Sons, Gulf Keystone, and Petropavlovsk PLC; he has served as a non-executive chairman of Siboney Ltd.; he has been a shareholder of Palantir Technologies and the global strategic intelligence firm Arcanum, which is a subsidiary of Magellen Investment Holdings.[45][46][47] He is also a member of the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation, established in October 2009.[48] He is president of several charities, including Action Medical Research, the Army Benevolent Fund, Soldier On!,[49] and the Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association.[45] Until 2019, he was also the president of London Youth (Federation of London Youth Clubs). He is a Deputy Lieutenant for Dorset.[1] Guthrie was one of several contributors to a 2013 book on public sector management.[50] A Roman Catholic convert,[51] Guthrie became a Knight of Malta[52] and is a Patron of the Catholic homeless charities Cardinal Hume Centre[53] and Caritas Anchor House.[54] He became Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University in July 2013.[55]
In August 2014, Lord Guthrie was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[56] He initially supported the continuance of the United Kingdom's presence in the European Union in the 2016 referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, but suddenly switched to an advocacy of withdrawing from it less than a week before the vote was held, issuing a public warning of the ambitions inherent in the E.U. for the creation of a new "European Army", which he stated "would be a disaster".[57] He is on the advisory board of Veterans for Britain an organization with the stated aim of supporting " Her Majesty's Government in the task of restoring full sovereign control to all aspects of the defence of the Realm " following the EU referendum.[58]
Since 1 August 2017 Lord Guthrie has been the Senior Advisor to Ron Wahid, Chairman of Arcanum, a subsidiary of Magellan Investment Holdings.[59][60] Established 23 March 2015, Magellan Investment Holdings is a holding company with investments in natural resources, energy, real estate, fine arts, aerospace and defense and technology. Magellan is the parent company of two subsidiaries: Arcanum, a global intelligence firm, and RJI Capital, a merchant banking and strategic advisory company.[61][62]
On 9 June 2018 it was reported that, at the annual Trooping the Colour event, Lord Guthrie fell from his horse and had been admitted to hospital.[63] On 8 January 2019, in an extraordinary intervention in the political sphere by figures from the military and intelligence services quarter, Guthrie sent a letter, co-signed by Sir Richard Dearlove, to Conservative Party Parliamentary Constituency Association Chairs, stating that the passage through the House of Commons of Prime Minister Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement of the United Kingdom from the European Union contained decisions which fundamentally undermined the integrity of the Defence of the Realm, and requested they take measures to discourage their parliamentary representatives from voting for it imminently in the Commons. The letter as an alternative advocated the case upon national security grounds that the United Kingdom should fully withdraw from the European Union without an Intergovernmental relationship between the two persisting after the process.[64]
On relinquishing his appointment as Colonel of The Life Guards and Gold Stick-in-Waiting, The Queen appointed Lord Guthrie a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on 7 June 2019.[34] On 1 December 2020, he retired from the House of Lords.[65] His interests include tennis, opera and travel.[1]
He married, on 11 September 1971, Catherine Worrall, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Claude Worrall, Coldstream Guards. The couple have two sons.[1][36] She died from heart failure on 8 October 2022, at the age of 81.[66][67] Guthrie's younger brother is James Guthrie, KC.[68]
Lord Guthrie matriculated his family armorial bearings at the Lyon Office in 1999 (and in 2001 was granted supporters for life).
Sinister: a Griffin Gules, winged, beaked, legged and armed Azure, charged on the shoulder with a Pheon Or.
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Lord Guthrie's honours and decorations include:
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) | 1994[26] |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) | 1990[20] | |
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Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) | 2019[69] |
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) | 1977[11] | |
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) | 1980[13] |
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Badge of Honour | 1980 (New Hebrides)[70] |
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Officer of the Legion of Merit | (United States)[71] |
Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (KCSG) | 2008 (Holy See)[72] | |
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Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | 1999 (SMOM)[73] |
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Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (GCJCO) | 2013 (Two Sicilies)[74] |
Knight Commander of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (KCJCO) | 2003 (Two Sicilies)[75][76] | |
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Cross pro Merito Melitensi | (SMOM) |
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Preceded by | General Officer Commanding North East District and Commander 2nd Infantry Division 1985–1987 |
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Preceded by | Assistant Chief of the General Staff 1987–1989 |
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Preceded by Sir Peter Inge |
GOC 1st (British) Corps 1989–1991 |
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Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine 1992–1994 |
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Chief of the General Staff 1994–1997 |
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Chief of the Defence Staff 1997–2001 |
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