Major General David Shrimpton Jolliffe, (born 20 March 1946) is a retired senior

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officer, who was

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of the

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from 2000 to 2003. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Chair of the

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of the

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, having been a member of the Board from 2006.

Early life

Jolliffe was born on 20 March 1946 to John Hedworth Jolliffe and Gwendoline Florence Angela Jolliffe (née Shrimpton). He was educated at

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, a Catholic

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in the village of Ratcliffe on the Wreake, Leicestershire. He went on to study medicine at

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. He qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1969. He achieved his

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(MB BS) the following year having spent his pre-registration year at

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Military career

On 17 May 1967, Jolliffe was commissioned into the

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as a second lieutenant (on probation) as part of his medical cadetship. He was given the

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484099. He was transferred to a pre-registration commission on 16 May 1969 and was promoted to

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(on probation). On 7 July 1970, his commission was confirmed and he was promoted to

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. He served as a regimental medical officer with 23 Para

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from 1971 to 1973 and with

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from 1973 to 1974. He was promoted to

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on 7 July 1975. He transferred to a regular commission on 9 September 1976. He was given seniority in the rank of captain from 7 July 1970 and in the rank of major from 7 July 1975. In 1982, he was appointed

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advisor in

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to the army, specialising in tropical dermatology. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 7 July 1983. He was

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of the British Military Hospital in Hong Kong from 1986 to 1989. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1987. He was promoted to

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on 7 October 1992, having been an

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colonel at that date. He was Commanding Officer of

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from 1993 to 1994. He was

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of the Army Medical Directorate from 1996 to 1999. He was promoted to

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on 19 March 1999. From 1999 to 2000, he was Commander of Medical HQ,

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. On 7 February 2000, he was promoted to major general and appointed

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. He retired from the

on 23 July 2003.

Later life

In 2003, Jolliffe was appointed Honorary Medical Advisor to the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League. He was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Locally Enlisted Personnel Trust from 2001 to 2011, and a

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since 2001. Between 2001 and 2008, he was Governor of his old school

, near

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. He is also a volunteer ranger on the

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and has been a trustee of

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since 2004. He continued his medical work as a member of the Board, from 2006 to 2014, and Chair of the

, from 2009 to 2014, of the

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Personal life

In 1969, Jolliffe married Hilary Dickinson. Together they had two daughters. He also has three grandsons and one granddaughter He lives in Pickering, North Yorkshire.

Honours and decorations

Jolliffe was appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP) on 1 July 1999. He relinquished the appointment on 30 June 2003. In the

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, he was appointed

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(CB). On 1 March 2004, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of 207 Field Hospital (Volunteers), a Territorial Army unit based in

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. His tenure expired on 1 April 2009.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jolliffe, David 1946 births Royal Army Medical Corps officers Companions of the Order of the Bath Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Alumni of King's College London People educated at Ratcliffe College Living people British Army major generals People from Pickering, North Yorkshire