Thomas Morony

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.

Sir Thomas Morony
Born	(1926-09-23)23 September 1926[1] Portsmouth, Hampshire
Died	27 May 1989(1989-05-27) (aged 62) Hampshire, England
Buried	Yetminster, Dorset, England[2]
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Years of service	1947–1986
Rank	General
Service number	376437
Commands	Vice Chief of the General Staff Royal Military College of Science
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Military career

Morony was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1947.^[3] His first senior appointment was as Director of the Royal Artillery in 1975.^[4] He was then appointed, in 1978, Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science.^[5] In 1980 he was made Vice Chief of the General Staff,^[6] and in 1983 he was appointed UK Military Representative to NATO.^[7]

Morony was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1978,^[8] and of the Royal Horse Artillery from 1982.^[9] He was ADC General to the Queen from 1984 to 1986.^[10][11]