John Smedley (British Army officer)
John Edward Bruce Smedley is Chairman of The International Golf Charity and International Golf for Youth Ltd, and Equerry to TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex.
He was educated at Felsted School, commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment as a University Cadet. He studied Economics at Reading University. He served with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, mainly in Germany,and with tours in Northern Ireland, Cyprus and England. He also held staff appointments in Hong Kong and the Ministry of Defence in London. After the Joint Services Defence College he commanded the UNFICYP Support Regiment in Nicosia. Apart from a year as the last Chief of Staff of the Army Staff College at Camberley, the rest of his service was in Germany as Assistant Chief of Staff HQ BAOR, Commander Armoured Recce ACE Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander 1st Armoured Division. He was Private Secretary to TRH The Earl and Countess of Wessex from January 2002 until April 2014, and again from November 2018 until April 2019.
He is married and has two sons.
Smedley was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2010 New Year Honours and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by The Queen on 13 March 2014.Footnotes
