Peter Inge, Baron Inge

Field Marshal The Right Honourable The Lord Inge
Inge in 2007
Born	(1935-08-05)5 August 1935 Croydon, Surrey, England
Died	20 July 2022(2022-07-20) (aged 86)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1956–1997
Rank	Field Marshal
Service number	448984
Commands	Chief of the Defence Staff Chief of the General Staff British Army of the Rhine Northern Army Group I (BR) Corps 2nd Infantry Division 4th Armoured Brigade 1st Battalion Green Howards
Battles/wars	Malayan Emergency Operation Banner Bosnian War
Awards	Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches
Other work	Deputy Lieutenant of North Yorkshire (1994–2022)
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 21 July 1997 – 25 April 2016 Life peerage

Field Marshal Peter Anthony Inge, Baron Inge, KG, GCB, PC, DL (5 August 1935 – 20 July 2022) was a senior British Army officer. He was the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, from 1992 to 1994 and then served as Chief of the Defence Staff before retiring in 1997. Early in his military career he saw action during the Malayan Emergency and Operation Banner in Northern Ireland, and later in his career he provided advice to the British Government during the Bosnian War.