Brigadier Harold Evelyn William Bell Kingsley

Brigadier Harold Kingsley CIE DSO (23 December 1885 – 15 April 1970) was Commandant of the Indian Military Academy (1936–1939) and Aide-de-camp to King George VI.

Early life Harold Evelyn William Bell Kingsley was born 23 December 1885 in Nenagh, Ireland. He was the son of Col. William Henry Bell Kingsley CB and his wife, Mrs Kingsley, of River View, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. He was appointed Captain on 18 January 1914 and Major on 18 January 1920. He was Commandant of the Indian Military Academy between 1936 and 1939 and ADC to the King (1938–39).

Awards and honours Kingsley was mentioned in despatches during World War I and on service in Waziristan (1921–24). There were no children from the marriage and Kingsley died in Hampshire on 15 April 1970.