George Crichton

Colonel The Honourable Sir George Arthur Charles Crichton, (6 September 1874 – 5 March 1952), was an English courtier and Army officer. He was Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department from 1920 to 1936. Early life Born in 1874, Crichton was the second son of the Anglo-Irish peer and politician John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne. He attended Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Career and retirement In 1894, Crichton was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards. During the Second Boer War, he was adjutant of the regiment's third battalion and was wounded. He retired from the Army in 1910 as a Major. He returned to the military during the First World War and served as commander of the Coldstream Guards Regimental District from 1917 to 1919, before being placed on the reserve list in 1920. In 1910, Crichton had been appointed Assistant to the Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department. In 1920, he was appointed Comptroller of the Department, in which office he served until 1936. He was also an Extra Equerry to George V, Edward VIII and George VI. He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 191 and promoted to Commander in 1920, Knight Commander in 1924 and Knight Grand Cross in 1933.