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Lieutenant General Sir John Richard Alexander MacMillan Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Commander of the Order of the British Empire was General Officer Commanding Scotland.

Background

Born the son of General Sir Gordon MacMillan and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, MacMillan was commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1953.

Education

Eton College; Trinity College.

Career

He was appointed Commanding Officer of 1st Bn the Gordon Highlanders in 1971 and Commander of 39th Infantry Brigade, a unit permanently stationed in Northern Ireland, in 1977. He became General Officer Commanding Eastern District in 1982, Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1984 and General Officer Commanding Scotland and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1988. He retired in 1991. In 1995 he became Chairman of the Erskine Hospital in Renfrewshire.

Works

All works

Connections

Father:
John Williams

Mother:
Esther Williams

Spouse:
Samantha Winslow

Spouse:
Barbara Ruike

child:
Joseph Williams

child:
Jennifer Williams

child:
Mark Williams