Hull, Richard Amyatt (1907–1989)

British soldier. He joined the army in 1928 and held several commands during World War II. From 1946–48 he was commandant of Camberley Staff College. He was General Officer Commanding in Egypt (1954–56), deputy chief of the Imperial General Staff (1956–58), commander-in-chief of the Far East Land Forces (1958–61), chief of the Imperial General Staff (1961–64), chief of the General Staff of the Ministry of Defence (1964–65), chief of the Defence Staff (1965–67), and constable of the Tower of London (from 1970). Hull was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge University. He was knighted in 1956.