Field Marshal The Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL, died suddenly, 18 September, 2025. He was 86.
Guthrie was a 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. Lord 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. He was Chief of the General Staff 1994-97, and Chief of the Defence Staff 1997-2001, was raised to the peerage of life, in June 2001, as Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank.
The Field Marshal was Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick in Waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, 1999-2019.
Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie was born 17 November, 1938, son of Major Ronald Guthrie and his wife the former Nina Llewelyn; and married 11 September, 1971, Catherine A. Worrall (born 10 September, 1941), daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Worrall, OBE, MVO, of the Coldstream Guards, of Bitham Hall, Warwickshire, and his wife the former Cecilia Moore, by whom he had issue, 2 sons.
Lady Guthrie died 8 October, 2022.
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