Lieutenant General Sir Michael Stuart Gray, (3 May 1932 – 13 March 2011) was a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding South East District from 1985 to 1988, Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1990 to 1993, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1995 to 1998.

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Lieutenant General Sir Michael Stuart Gray, (3 May 1932 – 13 March 2011) was a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding South East District from 1985 to 1988, Colonel Commandant of the Parachute Regiment from 1990 to 1993, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1995 to 1998. Early life and family Gray's father, Lieutenant Frank Gray, was killed in action while serving with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1940. He was educated at Beverley Grammar School, Christ's Hospital, Horsham and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1958 Gray married Juliette Noon, with whom he was to have two sons and one daughter. Military career Gray enlisted in the Royal Artillery in 1950. He was commissioned into the East Yorkshire Regiment in 1952 and served in Malaya for two years during the Malayan Emergency. He transferred to the Parachute Regiment in 1955 and served in Cyprus, Suez Canal Zone, Jordan, Greece, Bahrain, Aden and Northern Ireland. Gray commanded the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment from 1969 to 1971. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970. He was Chief of Staff of 1st Armoured Division, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) from 1973 to 1975 before attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976. He was the last commander of the 16th Parachute Brigade in 1977.

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