James Howden MacBrien

Sir James MacBrien

Sir James MacBrien
Born (1878-06-30)30 June 1878
near Myrtle, Ontario
Died 5 March 1938(1938-03-05) (aged 59)
Toronto, Ontario
Buried at Ottawa, Ontario
Allegiance Canada
Service/branch Canadian Army
Rank Major-General
Commands held Chief of the General Staff
Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St. John

Major General Sir James Howden MacBrien KCB, CMG, DSO, CStJ (30 June 1878 – 5 March 1938) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Militia (renamed the Canadian Army in 1940) from 1920 until 1927.

Royal Visit – Train and Mounties 1933

Military career

Educated in Port Perry,[1] MacBrien initially joined the Militia but then transferred to the North-West Mounted Police and, during the Second Boer War, to the South African Constabulary.[2] Returning to Canada he was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Dragoons.[1]

He also served in World War I as a General Staff Officer and then, from 1916, as commanding officer of 12th Infantry Brigade.[2]

After the war he was appointed Chief of the General Staff.[2]

He also served as the eighth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from August 1, 1931 to March 5, 1938.[1] MacBrien died in Toronto.

Family

In 1907 he married Nellie Louise Ross and in 1928 he married Emily Emely Hartridge.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Willoughby Gwatkin
Chief of the General Staff
1920–1927
Succeeded by
Herbert Cyril Thacker
Police appointments
Preceded by
Cortlandt Starnes
Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
1931–1938
Succeeded by
Stuart Wood


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