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General Sir Thomas Lovett Morony, KCB, OBE (23 September 1926 – 27 May 1989) was a British Army officer who reached high office in the 1980s.

Military career

Morony was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1947. His first senior appointment was as Director of the Royal Artillery in 1975. He was then appointed, in 1978, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science. In 1980 he was made Vice Chief of the General Staff, and in 1983 he was appointed UK Military Representative to NATO.

Morony was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1978, and of the Royal Horse Artillery from 1982. He was ADC General to the Queen from 1984 to 1986.

References

1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
2. England, Select Dorset Church of England Parish Registers, 1538–1999
3. "No. 37882". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 February 1947. p. 794.
4. "No. 46721". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 October 1975. p. 13541.
5. "No. 47632". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 September 1978. p. 10615.
6. "No. 48490". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1981. p. 462.
7. "No. 49532". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 November 1983. p. 14702.
8. "No. 47632". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 September 1978. p. 10616.
9. "No. 49237". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 1983. p. 751.
10. "No. 49748". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 May 1984. p. 7444.
11. "No. 50709". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 November 1986. p. 14508.

• 1926 births
• 1989 deaths
• British Army generals
• Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
• Officers of the Order of the British Empire
• Royal Artillery officers
• Military personnel from Portsmouth
• 20th-century British Army personnel
• Burials in Dorset