Rob Lockhart
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General Sir Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC (1893 - 1981) was a British Indian Army general of World War II and an early Scouting notable.
General Lockhart served in India throughout the war, including a spell as Military Secretary to the India Office, and later became Commander in Chief of the Indian Army in 1947 and served in the Malaysian Emergency. After the war he served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1953 until 1959.
General Lockhart was awarded the Bronze Wolf Award, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1961.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Claude Auchinleck |
Commander-in-Chief, India 1947 |
Succeeded by Francis Bucher |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe |
Governor of the North-West Frontier Province 1947 |
Succeeded by Sir George Cunningham |
[edit] External links
 |
This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This Scouting-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia and the Scouting WikiProject by expanding it. |
