{{Short description|British Army general (1877–1948)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |name= Francis Leycester Festing |image= |image-size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1877|07|25|df=yes}} |birth_place= |death_date= {{death date and age|1948|10|17|1877|07|25|df=yes}} |death_place= |burial_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= [[British Army]] |service_years= 1895–1919 |rank= [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier General]] |service_number= |unit= |commands= |battles= [[Mahdist War]]<br/>[[Second Boer War]]<br/>[[First World War]] |awards= [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]<br/>[[Mentioned in Despatches]] (4) |relations= Major General [[Francis Worgan Festing|Sir Francis Festing]] (father)<br/>Field Marshal [[Francis Festing|Sir Francis Festing]] (son) |other_work= }} [[Brigadier-general (United Kingdom)|Brigadier General]] '''Francis Leycester Festing''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CMG}} (25 July 1877 – 17 October 1948) was a senior officer in the [[Royal Flying Corps]] during the [[First World War]]. Promoted to major on 1 September 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29284 |date=3 September 1915 |pages=8804–8805 |supp=y}}</ref> just over two years later he received a temporary promotion to brigadier general on 10 October 1917<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30411 |date=30 November 1917 |page=12650 }}</ref> and took up post as the Deputy Adjutant-General at the headquarters of the Royal Flying Corps in France.
Festing was the son of Major General [[Francis Worgan Festing|Sir Francis Festing]]. He married Charlotte Katharine Grindall Festing (his second cousin) and, in 1902, they had one child, [[Francis Wogan Festing]], who rose to the rank of [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|field marshal]] in the British Army.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=31103|title=Festing, Sir Francis Wogan}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Festing.htm Air of Authority – Brigadier-General F L Festing]
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