{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Major General | name = Robin Searby | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|07|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | burial_place = | allegiance = United Kingdom | branch = British Army | service_years = 1968–2004 | rank = Major General | service_number = | unit = | commands = 5th Infantry Division<br/>9th/12th Royal Lancers | battles = Operation Banner<br/>Dhofar Rebellion<br/>Bosnian War | awards = Companion of the Order of the Bath | relations = | other_work = }} Major General '''Robin Vincent Searby''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|CB}} (born 20 July 1947) is a retired British Army officer who commanded the 5th Division from 1996 to 1999.
==Military career== Educated at Leasam House School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Searby was commissioned into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers in 1968.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref> After service in Germany, Northern Ireland and Oman, he was appointed commanding officer of his regiment in 1987.<ref name=debrett/> He was appointed chief of staff to the Director Royal Armoured Corps in 1989, Commander Royal Armoured Corps for 1 (British) Corps in 1991 and Commander of British Forces in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia in 1993.<ref name=debrett/> He went on to be President of the Army Officer Selection Board in 1993, General Officer Commanding 5th Division in 1996 and Senior British Loan Services Officer in Oman in 2000 before retiring in 2004.<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref>
In 2003 Searby was appointed colonel of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09-12L.htm|title= 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's)|publisher= Regiments.org|accessdate= 12 February 2017|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20051217064313/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/cav/D09-12L.htm|archivedate= 17 December 2005}}</ref> In 2004 he was appointed Defence Co-ordinator with Libya under an agreement to advise and train members of the Libyan Army at Sandhurst.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-golden-handshake-brave-step-or-a-cynical-ploy-567684.html The golden handshake: Brave step or a cynical ploy?] ''The Independent'', 26 May 2004</ref> In 2010 he became the Prime Minister's adviser on counterterrorism for North Africa.<ref>[http://menasassociates.blogspot.com/2010/12/uk-working-closely-with-algeria-on.html UK working closely with Algeria on counter-terrorism] Menas Associates, 6 December 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2019.</ref>
==Family== In 1976 Searby married Caroline Angela Beamish; they have one son and two daughters.<ref name=debrett/>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Ian Freer}} {{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding 5th Division|years=1996–1999}} {{s-aft|after=Peter Grant Peterkin}} {{s-end}}
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