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Lieutenant General Sir Barnabas William Benjamin White-Spunner is a former British Army officer who is currently Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation. ==Military career== Educated at Eton College and the University of St Andrews, Barney White-Spunner was commissioned into the Blues and Royals in 1979.〔(Barney White-Spunner: the very model of a modern Major General ) The Independent, 3 August 2008〕 He was appointed Commanding Officer of the Household Cavalry in 1996 and in that capacity was deployed to Bosnia.〔 In 1998, he was promoted to colonel and became Deputy Director of Defence Policy at NATO and in 2001 he took charge of an operation to disarm Albanian insurgents in Macedonia.〔 He was given command of the Kabul Multinational Brigade in 2002 and then became Chief of Joint Force Operations for the national contingent in the Middle East in 2003.〔 By 2005 he was Chief of Staff at Land Command and in 2007 he was appointed General Officer Commanding 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division. In February 2008 he deployed with elements of 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division to Iraq where those elements formed HQ Multinational Division (South East).〔 He went on to be Commander of the Field Army in 2009. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2002 and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2011 Birthday Honours.〔(Queen's Birthday Honours List 2011 )〕 On 7 January 2010, White-Spunner gave evidence to the Iraq Inquiry regarding the Battle of Basra.〔(Oral Evidence ) The Iraq Inquiry, 7 January 2010〕 He retired from the British Army in December 2011〔〔 and was appointed Executive Chairman of the Countryside Alliance and Director of the Countryside Alliance Foundation in January 2012.〔(Top soldier is Countryside Alliance's new boss ) Horse and Hound, 19 January 2012〕〔(Former Head of UK Field Army Appointed to lead Countryside Alliance ) Countryside Alliance, 19 January 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barney White-Spunner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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