Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison Explained

Sir Alexander Hutchison
Birth Date:2 August 1871
Birth Place:Colombo, Ceylon
Death Date:1930
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:Royal Marines
Serviceyears:1890–1927
Rank:General
Commands:Adjutant-General Royal Marines
Battles:Second Boer War
First World War
Awards:Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

General Sir Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison, (2 August 1871 – 1930) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Background and family

Hutchison was the second son of Colonel F. J. Hutchison, 84th Regiment, and was born in Colombo, Ceylon, where his father was stationed at the time of his birth in 1871. He married at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, on 7 January 1903, Georgina Courtenay (Daisy) Haswell, from Gosport, eldest daughter of W. H. Haswell, Fleet Paymaster in the Royal Navy.[1]

Military career

Hutchison was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry on 28 March 1890. Promoted to captain on 6 December 1897, he fought in the Second Boer War.[2] He served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in 1915 and then saw action in the Gallipoli Campaign later that year[3] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1918 during the latter stages of the First World War.[4]

Hutchison went on to be Adjutant-General Royal Marines from March 1924 before retiring in December 1927.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Marriages . 12 January 1903 . 1 . 36975.
  2. Web site: Visitation of England and Wales. 10. 1902. 20 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Royal Navy medals. Naval History. 20 May 2016.
  4. Web site: Navy List . June 1920. 20 May 2016.
  5. Web site: Senior Royal Navy appointments. 20 May 2016.