{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Major-General | name = Sir Laurence New | honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB|CBE}} | image = Sir Laurence New.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | order = 24th | office = Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man | term_start = 5 October 1985 | term_end = 10 October 1990 | monarch = Elizabeth II | predecessor = Sir Nigel Cecil | successor = Sir Laurence Jones | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1932|02|25|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = Laurence Anthony Wallis New | spouse = Anna Doreen Verity | children = Two sons and two daughters | alma_mater = King William's College | occupation = <!--Military service--> | nickname = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | service_years = 1952–1985 | rank = Major-General | unit = | commands = 4th Royal Tank Regiment | battles = | mawards = Companion of the Order of the Bath<br/>Commander of the Order of the British Empire }} '''Sir Laurence Anthony Wallis New''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (born 25 February 1932) is a former British Army officer who served as Assistant Chief of the General Staff and Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff in the mid-1980s.

==Military career== Educated at King William's College located in Castletown on the Isle of Man and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, New was commissioned into the Royal Tank Regiment in 1952.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> He was appointed Brigade Major of 20th Armoured Brigade in 1968, Commanding Officer of 4th Royal Tank Regiment in 1971 and Defence and Military attaché in Tel Aviv in 1974.<ref name=debrett/> He then went on to be Brigadier General Staff (Intelligence) dealing with Northern Ireland intelligence in 1980, Chief of Staff at the Defence Intelligence Centre for the Falklands War in 1982 before becoming Assistant Chief of the General Staff in 1983.<ref name=debrett/> He went on to be Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff in 1984 before retiring in 1985.<ref name=debrett/> He was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Regiment from 1986 to 1993.<ref name=debrett/>

In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man as well as presiding officer of the Tynwald. He was also president of the Soldiers' and Airmen's Scripture Readers Association<ref>[http://www.samcf.org.za/docs/AMCF%20six_great_truths_about_%20jesus(PDF).pdf ''Six Great Truths about Jesus'' by Sir Laurence New]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and international president of the Association of Military Christian Fellowships<ref name="tynwald">[http://www.tynwald.org.im/business/pp/Reports/2011-PP-0136.pdf Tynwald Biographies]</ref> and has written a history of the 4th and 7th Royal Tank Regiments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4and7royaltankregiment.com/ |title=A Pictorial History of the 4th and the 7th Royal Tank Regiments|publisher=4and7royaltankregiment.com |date=2013-05-21 |accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref><ref name="tynwald" />

==Family== In 1956 he married Anna Doreen Verity; they have two sons and two daughters.<ref name=debrett/>

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