Major General Sir Christopher Airy, KCVO, CBE, died 7 April, 2025, aged 91.
Airy was Private Secretary and Treasurer to HM The King (when Prince of Wales, and to the Princess of Wales) 1990-1991, and an Extra Equerry to HM The King from 1991.
He was born 8 March, 1934, and educated at Marlborough, and RMA Sandhurst, and commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards 1954; Scots Guards 1974; PMA to the Secretary of State for War, 1960; Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, 1974; Mil Asst (GSO1) to the Master General of the Ordnance, 1976; Comdr 5th Field Force, 1979; Senior Army Member, RCDS 1984-85; GOC London District and Major General Commanding the Household Division 1986; retired 1989. Member of the Prince of Wales's Council 1990-91; appointed CBE (1984), and KCVO (1989).
He married in 1959, Judith Stephenson (who died 14 January, 2025, aged 89), and leaves one son, Patrick (born 1965), and two daughters. His elder daughter, Lydia Lucinda, was the first wife of the 21st Baron Teynham.
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