Thomas Boyd-Carpenter

Lieutenant-General The Hon. Sir Thomas Boyd-Carpenter, KBE (born 16 June 1938) is a former British Army officer who became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel).

Military career
Born the son of Lord Boyd-Carpenter and educated at Stowe School, Boyd-Carpenter was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1957. He became commanding officer of 1st Bn Scots Guards in 1979, Commander of 24th Infantry Brigade in 1983 and Director, Defence Policy at the Ministry of Defence in 1985. He went on to Chief of Staff at Headquarters British Army of the Rhine in 1988, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes) in 1989 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel) in 1992 before retiring in 1996.

In retirement, he became chairman of the Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Heath Authority and then chairman of the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He also became chairman of the Berkshire Royal British Legion.

Family
In 1972, he married Mary-Jean Duffield: they had one son and two daughters.