Richard Morgan Llewellyn, CB, OBE, OStJ, DL (22 August 1937 – 10 December 2024) was a senior British Army officer.
He was general officer commanding, Wales District from 1987 to 1990, and chief of staff at HQ Land Forces from 1990 to 1991.
Upon retirement from the army, he was ordained in the Church of England and was the Welsh Vice-Patron of the War Memorials Trust.
[3] From January 1951 to March 1955, he was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College, a private school in Hertfordshire, England.
[4] For his national service, Llewellyn was commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a second lieutenant on 1 December 1956.
[1] He commanded the 700 military personnel who replaced firefighters during the 1977 Fire Brigades Union nationwide strike.
[14] Between December 1981 and January 1984, he was commanding officer of the Gurkha Field Force, based in Hong Kong.
[18] From 16 June 1990[19] to 13 September 1991,[20] he was chief of staff at HQ United Kingdom Land Forces.
[22] In 1991, Llewellyn entered Sarum & Wells Theological College and spent two years training for ministry in the Church of England.
[29][30] On 12 October 1976, Llewellyn was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "in recognition of distinguished services in Northern Ireland during the period 1st February - 30th April 1976".
[10] He was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 9 October 1979 "in recognition of distinguished service in Northern Ireland during the period 1st February 1979 to 30th April 1979".