Robert Gordon-Finlayson (British Army officer, born 1916)


Robert Gordon-Finlayson was a British Army officer.

Military career

Born the son of General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson, Gordon-Finlayson was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 27 August 1936. After serving in the Second World War, he became Commander Royal Artillery for 49th Division in June 1962, Deputy Quartermaster-General for British Army of the Rhine in August 1964 and General Officer Commanding 49th Division and North Midland District of the Territorial Army in December 1966. He went on to be General Officer Commanding East Midlands District in April 1967 before retiring in March 1970.
He was High Sheriff for Nottinghamshire in 1974.