Iain Mackay-Dick

Major General Sir Iain Charles Mackay-Dick, KCVO, MBE (born 24 August 1945) Is a retired British Army officer. He was the Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District from 1994 to 1997.

Educated at St Edmund's School, Hindhead,^[1] then at Sherborne School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Mackay-Dick was commissioned into the Scots Guards in 1965.^[2] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his service in Northern Ireland in 1981.^[3] He took part in the Falklands War, leading the landing of 600 Scots Guards and others at Fitzroy on East Falkland.^[4]

In 1986 Mackay-Dick was appointed commandant of the Junior Division Staff College at Warminster and in 1989 he became commander of the 11th Armoured Brigade.^[2] He was made Deputy Military Secretary at the Ministry of Defence in 1991 and General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division in 1992.^[2] He went on to be Commander of British Forces in the Falkland Islands in 1993 and Major-General Commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 1994.^[2] He retired in 1997.^[2]

In retirement Mackay-Dick became Clerk to the Trustees and Chief Executive of Morden College.^[2]

Mackay-Dick married Carolynn Hilary Homes in 1971. They have three daughters.^[2]