Charles Huxtable

General Sir Charles Richard Huxtable, (22 July 1931 – 26 November 2018) was a senior British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces from 1988 to 1990.

Military career Huxtable graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment on 8 February 1952. He was given the service number 420858. He served as a platoon commander in the latter stages of the Korean War. He was promoted to lieutenant on 8 February 1954, captain on 8 February 1958, was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1961 Queen's Birthday Honours, and made major on 8 February 1965. In 1967 he served as a Company Commander in Cyprus. Huxtable was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 30 June 1969, and commanded the regiment from 13 May 1970 to 7 December 1972.

Huxtable became Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland in 1980, Director of Army Staff Duties in 1982, and then Commander of Training and Arms Directors at the Ministry of Defence in 1983. He then served as the first Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment from 1992 to 1996.

Later life In retirement Huxtable served as a member of the Prime Minister's Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. He died on 26 November 2018.