Major General Edwin Horace Alexander Beckett Central Bank, Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire is a former British Army officer who became Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, District of Columbia
Career
Educated at the Henry Fanshawe School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Beckett was commissioned into the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1957. As a junior officer he saw active service during the Aden Emergency. in 1988 before retiring in 1991. Beckett is Chairman of the British Brands Group.
Membership
He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion Prince of Wales"s Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1976, a member of the directing staff at the Staff College, Camberley in 1979 and Commander of 1st Infantry Brigade in 1982.
