David John Ramsbotham

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Lord David Ramsbotham is a former Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales.[1]

Early life

Ramsbotham was born in 1934. He was educated at Haileybury College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, from which he graduated in 1957.[2]

Military career

Ramsbotham saw service in Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation in the mid 1960s, gaining a Mention in Despatches.[3]

From 1970-1973 Ramsbotham was Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, and from 1974-1975 commanded a battalion of the Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland.[4]

From 1978 to 1980, he commanded the 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland.[5]

Subsequent positions included: Director of Public Relations, British Army, 1982-1984; Commander, 3 Armoured Div, 1984-1987; Commander, UK Field Army and Inspector General, Territorial Army, 1987-1990; Adjutant General, 1990-1993; Aide-de-camp General to the Queen, 1990-1993.[6]

Chief Inspector of Prisons

From 1995 to 2001, Ramsbotham served as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales.[7]

House of Lords

Ramsbotham was raised to the peerage as Baron Ramsbotham, of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 2005.[8]

Notes

  1. Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
  2. Summary Guide, RAMSBOTHAM, General Sir David John (b 1934), Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, accessed 22 June 2010.
  3. Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
  4. Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
  5. Summary Guide, RAMSBOTHAM, General Sir David John (b 1934), Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, accessed 22 June 2010.
  6. Summary Guide, RAMSBOTHAM, General Sir David John (b 1934), Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, accessed 22 June 2010.
  7. Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
  8. Lord Ramsbotham, www.parliament.uk, accessed 22 June 2010.