Desmond Langley

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Sir Desmond Langley
Born(1930-05-16)16 May 1930
Member of the Order of the British Empire

General Officer Commanding London District from 1979 to 1983. He later served as the 132nd Governor of Bermuda
from 1988 to 1992.

Military career

Remembrance Day parade in Hamilton, Bermuda, 1990. Langley, as governor, inspects war veterans and is speaking with former second-in-command of the Royal Bermuda Regiment Major Bob Burns.

Educated at

UK Land Forces.[1]

Langley became

Prince Charles and Princess Diana.[2] His final appointment was as commander of British Forces Cyprus and Administrator of the Sovereign Base Areas in 1983, before retiring in 1988.[1]

Later life

In retirement Langley was

Bermuda Regiment (now the Royal Bermuda Regiment) and hosting summit meetings in Bermuda between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President George H. W. Bush, and then between Prime Minister John Major and Bush.[1]

Among the mourners who attended Langley's funeral at St Luke's Church in Milland on 10 March 2008 were two former commanding officers of the Bermuda Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Rance and Lieutenant Colonel David Burch, as well as two of Langley's three aides-de-camp from the Bermuda Regiment, Major William Madeiros and Captain Larry Mussenden.[3]

Family

In 1950 Langley married Felicity Oliphant; the couple had a son and a daughter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Obituary: Major-General Sir Desmond Langley Daily Telegraph, 1 April 2008
  2. ^ Obituary: Major-General Sir Desmond Langley The Times, 7 March 2008
  3. ^ "Mourners bid a sad farewell". Midhurst & Petworth Observer. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir John Swinton
GOC London District
1979–1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander British Forces Cyprus
1983–1985
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Governor of Bermuda
1988–1992
Succeeded by
Lord Waddington