Roddy Cordy-Simpson

Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson, is a retired British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Radley College, Roddy Cordy-Simpson was commissioned into the 13th/18th Hussars in February 1966. He was deployed to Bosnia as chief of staff of the United Nations Protection Force in 1992, for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in June 1993, and became General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division in 1994. He was deployed to Bosnia again in December 1996, as Deputy Force Commander Operations for the Stabilisation Force. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1998 New Year Honours.
In March 2001 Cordy-Simpson was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London, leaving that role in March 2004. Having settled at Bishopstrow in Wiltshire, he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Wiltshire in 2004. He was Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2016 to 2019.