General Sir Reginald John Thoroton Hildyard Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Defence Science Organisation was a British Army officer who saw active service in the Second Boer War and the First World War.
Background
The third son of General Sir Henry Hildyard, by his marriage to Annette, the daughter of Admiral James Charles Prevost, Hildyard"s brothers were Harold Charles Thoroton Hildyard (born 1872) and Gerald Moresby Thoroton Hildyard (1874–1956).
Career
He was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda from 1936 to 1939. He also had one sister, Edith Mary Thoroton Hildyard. Hildyard joined the British Army in 1896.
He was promoted captain in 1904, major in 1915, colonel in 1919, major general in 1929, lieutenant general in 1934, and general in 1938.
He was a General Staff Officer (3rd grade) at the War Office from 1911 to 1913, then Brigade-Major in the Southern Command, 1913 to 1914, and passed the Staff College. Commander of the 43rd (Wessex) Division, Territorial Army, from 1930 to 1934, Hildyard was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1936.
From 1936 to 1939, Hildyard was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda. He retired the service in 1939.
Hildyard died on 29 September 1965 and at the time of his death was living at South Hartfield House, Coleman"s Hatch, Sussex.