Christopher Peto

Brigadier
Sir Christopher Peto
Bt DSO DL
Brigadier Sir Christopher Peto Bt DSO DL
Member of Parliament for North Devon
	In office; 23 February 1950 – 6 May 1955
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	James Lindsay
Member of Parliament for Barnstaple
	In office; 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950
Preceded by	Sir Richard Acland
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	19 February 1897; Chertsey, Surrey
Died	19 May 1980 (aged 83); Basingstoke, Hampshire
Party	Conservative
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1915–1946
Rank	Brigadier
Commands	137th Armoured Brigade (1942–1943); 29th Armoured Brigade (1940–1942); 9th Queen's Royal Lancers (1938–1940)
Battles/wars	First World War; Second World War
Awards	Distinguished Service Order; Mentioned in Despatches (3); Knight of the Legion of Honour (France); Croix de Guerre (France); Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium); Croix de Guerre (Belgium); Commander of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia); War Cross (Czechoslovakia); Commander of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau (Luxembourg); War Cross (Luxembourg); Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)

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Brigadier Sir Christopher Henry Maxwell Peto, 3rd Baronet, DSO, DL (19 February 1897 – 19 May 1980) was a senior officer in the British Army during the Second World War and a post-war Conservative Party politician.