Allegiance United Kingdom Rank Lieutenant-general Battles and wars World War I, World War II | Years of service 1909–1945 Service/branch British Army | |
Born 12 February 1889
Kirkcaldy, Scotland ( 1889-02-12 ) Commands held 10th Royal Hussars (1935–37) Battles/wars First World War
Second World War Died 26 April 1967, Rendham, United Kingdom Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath | ||
Lieutenant General Sir Balfour Oliphant Hutchison KBE, CB (12 February 1889 – 26 April 1967) was a Scottish soldier active in the Second World War.
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Background
Hutchison was the son of Alexander Hutchison, of Braehead, Kirkcaldy, Fife. His older brother Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose (1873–1950) was a politician and major general in the British Army.
Military career
Hutchison gained the rank of second lieutenant in 1909, and the rank of colonel in 1938. From 1935 to 1937 he was Commanding Officer, 10th Royal Hussars. He was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1940, when he was Deputy Quartermaster-General, Middle East. He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1941. He gained the rank of major general on 17 January 1942, when he was General Officer Commanding Sudan & Eritrea. He gained the rank of honorary lieutenant general on 10 December 1945 upon retirement as Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters India. He was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
Personal life
Sir Balfour Hutchison married Audrey Jervis-White-Jervis, daughter of Herbert Jervis-White-Jervis and Beatrice Ruggles-Brise, on 28 January 1920. They had 5 children. He lived at Rendham Court, Rendham, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England, where he also died on 26 April 1967.