Sir Peter Duffell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 June 1939 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands held | Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong |
| Battles/wars | Malayan Emergency Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation Operation Banner |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Royson Duffell KCB CBE MC (born 19 June 1939) was Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong.
Educated at Dulwich College, Duffell was commissioned into the 2nd Gurkha Rifles in 1960. [1] He served with his Regiment in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency and in Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation as well as in Northern Ireland. [1] He was appointed Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong in 1989 and then became Inspector-General Doctrine and Training in 1992. [2] He retired from the Army in 1995. [1]
Following his retirement from the Army, he became Chief Executive of Dechert LLP. [3] He was also a member of the advisory board of the School of Oriental and African Studies [3] and a Trustee of The Foyle Foundation. [1]
Duffell married Ann Murray Woodd, daughter of Colonel Basil Bethune Neville Woodd, of a landed gentry family of Shynewood, Shropshire; they have a son, the cricketer Charlie Duffell, and daughter, Rachel. [4] [5] [6]
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