Alexander Harley

General Sir Alexander George Hamilton Harley KBE CB (born 3 May 1941) is a former Adjutant-General to the Forces in the United Kingdom.

Military career
Educated at Caterham School, Alexander Harley was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1962. He was mentioned in despatches for services in Northern Ireland in 1978. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 19 Field Regiment RA in 1979. In 1985 he became Commander of 33 Armoured Brigade. Then in 1988 he was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff Operations for the Northern Army Group and in 1990 Assistant Chief of Defence Staff. In 1993 he went on to be Commander British Forces Cyprus.

Alexander Harley became Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) in 1995 and Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1997 before he retired in August 2000.

He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1981 Queen's Birthday Honours and Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours.

Retirement
In 2001 he became Master Gunner, St. James's Park, a post he gave up in 2008. In retirement he also became an advisor to Thales Air Systems and a Vice-President of Raleigh International.

Family
In 1967 he married Christina Valentine Butler-Cole and they went on to have two sons.