David John Ramsbotham
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
- ↑ Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Summary Guide, RAMSBOTHAM, General Sir David John (b 1934), Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Summary Guide, RAMSBOTHAM, General Sir David John (b 1934), Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Summary Guide, RAMSBOTHAM, General Sir David John (b 1934), Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Lord David Ramsbotham, Intelligence Squared, accessed 22 June 2010.
- ↑ Lord Ramsbotham, www.parliament.uk, accessed 22 June 2010.
