William Rous (British Army officer)
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Early life and education
Rous was the second son of
He had an elder brother, Keith Rous, later the 6th Earl of Stradbroke.[2]
His parents divorced in 1940. His father remarried, in 1943, to April Mary Asquith, daughter of Brig-Gen. Hon. Arthur Asquith, and had one more son and four daughters. He was educated at Harrow School and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[1]
In 1983, his father succeeded his elder brother, John Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke, as the 5th Earl of Stradbroke but lived only four days as earl (14 July 1983 – 18 July 1983) before his own death.[1]
Military career
Rous was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1959.[3]
He was appointed
In 1991, he was appointed Military Secretary[6] and in 1994 he went on to be Quartermaster-General to the Forces.[7] He retired in 1996.[8]
He was also Colonel of the Coldstream Guards.[9]
Personal life
In 1970, Rous married Rosemary Persse, only child of Maj. Jocelyn Arthur Persse, and Joan Shirley (later Lady Carew Pole). They had two sons: James Anthony Edward (born 1972) and Richard William Jocelyn (born 1975).[1]
In 1998, he was appointed as Chairman of the British Greyhound Racing Board but resigned in 1999 following ill health.[10]
In retirement, he was
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- ^ "No. 51969". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 December 1989. p. 14616.
- ^ "No. 52691". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 October 1991. p. 16043.
- ^ "No. 53652". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 April 1994. p. 6156.
- ^ "No. 54453". The London Gazette. 1 July 1996. p. 8911.
- ^ "No. 53587". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 February 1994. p. 2316.
- ^ "Hill-Norton quits BGRB post". Racing Post. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Kingston Cancer Unit