Evelyn Webb-Carter

Major General Sir Evelyn John Webb-Carter, KCVO, OBE, DL (born 30 January 1946) is a retired senior British Army officer.

[1] He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire, before joining the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.

Webb-Carter was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1964,[2] and was mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1980.

[4][5] In June 1997, Webb-Carter was appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District,[6] where he gained a strong reputation for tackling racism in the Guards Division.

[2] Webb-Carter was a Controller of the Army Benevolent Fund, a British charity set up to provide help for former British soldiers and their families who are in need of assistance.