Ririd Myddelton

Lieutenant-Colonel Ririd Myddelton, MVO DL JP (February 25 1902 – February 7 1988), was a country gentleman and one-time member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.

Lt-Col. Myddelton was the son of Robert Edward Myddelton and Lady Violet Nevill (a daughter of William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. He was an officer in the Coldstream Guards 1923 to 1946.

In 1928-1931 Myddelton was adjutant of the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. In 1934-1937 he was a staff captain in London District. He then joined the Royal Household as Deputy Master of the Household, an office he vacated in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. However by 1944 he was back in office. In 1939 to 1940 he was Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General in London District. In 1942 he took the Staff College, Camberley War Course, and subsequently commanded the 1st (Armoured) Battalion Coldstream Guards 1942-1944, including during the Normandy landings after D-Day and the advance across north west Europe.

From 1952 until his death in 1988 he was an Extra Equerry to The Queen.

Myddelton was made a MVO in 1945, and was appointed a DL in 1949 and a JP in 1948, and was Vice Lieutenant of Denbigh 1968-1974. He became a KStJ in 1961. He was High Sheriff of Denbighshire 1951-1952.

Myddelton's seat was Chirk Castle.

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* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p6636.htm#i66359 The Peerage on Ririd Myddleton]