Sir Thomas Morony
Born23 September 1926[1]
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Died27 May 1989(1989-05-27) (aged 62)
Hampshire, England
Buried
Yetminster, Dorset, England[2]
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
RankGeneral
Service number376437
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

General Sir Thomas Lovett Morony KCB OBE (23 September 1926 – 27 May 1989) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1980s.

Military career

Morony was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1947.[3] His first senior appointment was as Director of the Royal Artillery in 1975.[4] He was then appointed, in 1978, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.[5] In 1980 he was made Vice Chief of the General Staff[6] and in 1983 he was appointed UK Military Representative to NATO.[7]

He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1978[8] and of the Royal Horse Artillery from 1982.[9]

He was ADC General to the Queen from 1984[10] to 1986.[11]

References

  1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
  2. ↑ England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538–1999
  3. ↑ "No. 37882". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 February 1947. p. 794.
  4. ↑ "No. 46721". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1975. p. 13541.
  5. ↑ "No. 47632". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 September 1978. p. 10615.
  6. ↑ "No. 48490". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1981. p. 462.
  7. ↑ "No. 49532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 November 1983. p. 14702.
  8. ↑ "No. 47632". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 1978. p. 10616.
  9. ↑ "No. 49237". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1983. p. 751.
  10. ↑ "No. 49748". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 May 1984. p. 7444.
  11. ↑ "No. 50709". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 November 1986. p. 14508.
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