Edward Howard-Vyse


Sir Edward Dacre Howard-Vyse KBE CB MC was a senior British Army officer as well as a British horse rider who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
He was the younger son of Colonel Cecil Howard-Vyse of Langton Hall, Malton, North Yorkshire.

Career

Edward Howard-Vyse was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1927.
In 1936 he and his horse Blue Steel won the bronze medal as part of the British eventing team, after finishing 19th in the individual eventing competition.
He served in World War II and was promoted to Major in 1942.
After the War he took office as Director Royal Artillery from 1959 to 1961 and then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Command from 1961 to 1964. He retired in 1964.
He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1962 until 1970.

Family

In 1940 he married Mary Bridget Willoughby and together they went on to have two sons and a daughter.
He died in Ryedale in 1992.