Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison

General Sir Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison, KCB, CMG, DSO (2 August 1871 – 1930) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

He married at Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, on 7 January 1903, Georgina Courtenay (Daisy) Haswell, from Gosport, eldest daughter of W. H. Haswell, Fleet Paymaster in the Royal Navy.

[3] He served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General at Headquarters Royal Marine Forces in 1915[4] and then saw action in the Gallipoli campaign later that year.

[5] He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general in June 1917 and took command of a brigade,[6] before becoming Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in July 1918 during the latter stages of the First World War.

[7] Hutchison went on to be Adjutant-General Royal Marines from March 1924 before retiring in December 1927.