Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank

Field Marshal The Right Honourable

The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank

GCB GCVO OBE DL
Field Marshal The Right Honourable; The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank; GCB GCVO OBE DL
	Official portrait, 2019
Born	17 November 1938; Chelsea, London, England
Died	18 September 2025 (aged 86)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1959–2001
Rank	Field Marshal
Service number	461440
Unit	Welsh Guards
Commands	Chief of the Defence Staff; Chief of the General Staff; British Army of the Rhine; 1st British Corps; 2nd Infantry Division; 4th Armoured Brigade; 1st Battalion, Welsh Guards;
Conflicts	Operation Banner; Bosnian War; Kosovo War;
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order; Officer of the Order of the British Empire;
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Relations
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	Life peerage; 27 June 2001 – 1 December 2020
Personal details
Party	Crossbencher
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Field Marshal Charles Ronald Llewelyn Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank, GCB, GCVO, OBE, DL (17 November 1938 – 18 September 2025) was a senior officer of the British Army who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1994 to 1997 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1997 until his retirement in 2001.

Guthrie's military career saw service with the Welsh Guards and the Special Air Service; he was closely involved in military operations in Northern Ireland and provided advice to the British Government during the Bosnian War and the Kosovo War.