Major General Ashley Ernest George Truluck, (born 7 December 1947) is a retired

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officer and administrator who served as

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from 2020 to 2021.

Career

Truluck was born in

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on 7 December 1947, the son of Major George William Truluck of the

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, and his wife Elizabeth Kitchener.”Truluck, Maj. Gen. Ashley Ernest George”
in ''

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'' online, accessed 27 April 2020 After graduating from the

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in December 1968, Truluck was commissioned into the

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. In 1970, he transferred to the

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and, in 1975, was posted back to the Royal Corps of Signals. By 1988, he was commanding officer of the 3rd Armoured Divisional Signal Regiment,Ashley Truluck
at linkedin.com, accessed 27 April 2020 having served around the world in communications and intelligence, and with army aviation. He was commander of the Royal School of Signals from 1990 to 1993, and was later on the

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.Major General Ashley Truluck CB CBE
at theculturalexperience.com, accessed 27 April 2020 In his final years in the army, Truluck's main role was in programme management, implementing the restructuring of the British Army and

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.Ashley Truluck CB
at wiltshirecf.org.uk, accessed 27 April 2020 He was Director of Staff Operations, UK Land Forces from 1994 to 1996; Director of the Attack Helicopter Programme at the

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from 1997 to 1998; and Director General, Command Structure (ACOS) at

from 1998 to 2000. He was promoted to the substantive rank of major-general on 28 April 1998. Truluck retired from the army in 2001 as a major general,Major-General Ashley Truluck succeeds David Scott as the Sovereign's representative for the county
at gazetteandherald.co.uk, 26 March 2020, accessed 27 April 2020 and was appointed a

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in the 2001 Birthday Honours.

Later career

After the army, Truluck worked in both the public and private sectors. He was Chief Executive of the London Courts Authority from 2001 to 2003, at the same time chairing the London Criminal Justice Board; Strategic Consultant with

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(UK) from 2003 to 2005; Chairman of the Defence Information Management Study at the Ministry of Defence from 2005 to 2006; National Programme Director, Fire & Rescue Communications, at the

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from 2007 to 2010; Strategic Adviser, Defence & National Security, at IBM, from 2010 to 2013. Truluck is now a consultant, with Kerykeion Management Services, formerly ATA (Ashley Truluck Associates), providing advice to commercial, charitable, and public service organizations. He has also been head of an offshore sailing association, Chairman of the Wiltshire Community Foundation, and is chairman of the

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. In November 2017, the Privy Council nominated Truluck as a potential

and, on 25 March 2020, he was sworn into office as High Sheriff. In March 2021 he was succeeded by Sir Charles Hobhouse.

Private life

Truluck married Jennifer J. Bell in

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in 1976.”TRULUCK Ashley E / BELL Jennifer J / WENSLEYDALE 2 1778” in General Index to Marriages in England and Wales, 1976 They have one son and one daughter, and live in the Chalke Valley, having previously lived near

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, and

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, all in

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