served in World War I; MC; DSO 1919; served in Waziristan 1923-24; suc. his father 12 Feb 1933 as 2nd Baronet of Welbourn; retired as Major, Reserve of Officers, 1934; served in World War II; CBE 1942; CB 1943; Chief Administrative Officer to Earl Alexander of Tunis, Italy 1944-45; KCVO 1944; restored to Active List as Maj General 1945; Deputy Military Governor, Control Commission Germany 1945; Lieut General 1945; Commander-in-Chief and British Representative, Allied Control Council 1945-49; General 1946; KCMG 1947; United Kingdom High Commissioner in Germany 1949-50; GBE 1949; ADC General to King George VI 1949-52; Commander-in-Chief Middle East Land Forces and Colonel Commandant Royal Engineers 1950-53; GCB 1952; Chairman, British Transport Commission 1953-61; Director, Dunlop plc 1961-69; Deputy Lieutenant, Gloucestershire 1965; Master, Salters' Company 1965