David House

Lieutenant General Sir David George House (8 August 1922 – 14 July 2012) was a British Army officer who was General Officer Commanding in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, and later held the office of Black Rod. 2Early life House was born on 8 August 1922 in Steyning, Sussex. He was educated at Regent's Park School in London. 2Military career On leaving school, House entered the British Army. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 23 August 1941. He served in the Italian Campaign, and ended the war as a war substantive captain. On 19 April 1947, House transferred from an emergency to a regular commission and was promoted to lieutenant. He was promoted to captain on 8 August 1949. In 1959, he was appointed, as a major, to the staff of the first Chief of the Defence Staff, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson (RAF officer).[33] House commanded the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) at Penang from January 1964 to December 1964, and in West Berlin to September 1965. He served in Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontatio