Edward Loch , 2nd Baron Loch Major - General Edward Douglas Loch , 2nd Baron Loch CB , CMG , DSO , MVO ( 4 April 1873 – 14 August 1942 ) was a senior British Army officer and peer . After serving in Cape Colonial Forces in South Africa he joined the Grenadier Guards in 1893 . He first saw active service in the Sudan Campaign in 1898 , receiving the first of many decorations . He served on the staff during the Second Boer War , and was further honoured . In 1911 , in addition to his army duties , he became a member of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom . During the First World War , he initially continued to serve in staff positions , but commanded a brigade later in the war before returning to the staff . He received further decorations , both British and foreign . After his retirement from the army in 1922 , he became Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk and undertook various other public and charitable duties . He was also Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard and chairman of the Greyhound Racing Association . Early life and military career . Loch was the son of Henry Loch , 1st Baron Loch , and his wife Elizabeth Villiers , daughter of the Hon . EE Villiers and niece of the 4th Earl of Clarendon . He was educated at Winchester College . He then went to the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and served in the locally raised militia , the Cape Colonial Forces , rising to the rank of lieutenant . He transferred to the regular British Army on 3 May 1893 when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards . He was promoted to lieutenant on 12 May 1897 . He fought in the Sudan Campaign in 1898 , being Mentioned in Despatches for his part in the Battle of Omdurman , and awarded the Distinguished Service Order on 15 November 1898 . He was also awarded the Khedive ' s Star and clasp . Boer War . Loch was seconded from his regiment to the staff on 9 October 1899 , serving as divisional signalling officer , South African Field Force in the Second Boer War . He was promoted captain on 28 January 1900 , this was subsequently backdated to 30 November 1899 . He inherited the title Baron Loch on the death of his father in 1900 . He was Mentioned in Despatches again in April 1901 , and on 19 April it was announced he would receive a brevet promotion to major , dated 29 November 1900 . He participated in the battles of Belmont , Enslin , Modder River and Magersfontein , was badly wounded and received the Queen ' s South Africa Medal with four clasps . Loch returned to regimental duty on 23 January 1902 , and was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order on 6 June 1902 . He was appointed regimental adjutant on 26 January 1903 , and held the post until 1 July 1905 . On 22 January 1908 he began the staff course at Staff College , Camberley , and he was promoted substantive major on 15 August 1908 . He was brigade major of the 3rd Infantry Brigade from 12 April 1910 to 16 August 1911 , when he became a General Staff Officer ( GSO ) , Grade 2 at the War Office . On 4 December 1911 he became Lord - in - Waiting to King George V and he received brevet lieutenant - colonelcy on 10 May 1913 . He left the War Office on 12 April 1914 . First World War . After the outbreak of the First World War Loch served with the BEF Staff in August 1914 . He was liaison officer between GHQ and Smith - Dorrien ’ s II Corps . On 16 December 1914 was appointed GSO Grade 1 . Loch was given substantive promotion to lieutenant - colonel on 13 March 1915 . By 27 May he was a temporary brigadier - general and had been appointed Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George . He received a brevet colonelcy on 1 January 1916 . He served as chief of staff in VI Corps . He received the Croix d ' Officier of the Légion d ' Honneur in 1917 . On 22 July 1917 he was given command of 110th Infantry Brigade . He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1918 New Year Honours . He returned to the staff on 16 May 1918 . He was promoted major - general " for valuable services rendered in connection with the War " in the 1919 New Year Honours . During the war he was Mentioned in Despatches a further five times . Retirement . Loch retired from the army in 1922 . He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk on 27 February 1922 , when he was living at Stoke College , Stoke - by - Clare , Suffolk . From 1924 to 1925 he was Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard . He also became president of the Legion of Frontiersmen . He was still in the Reserve of Officers at the outbreak of the Second World War , but was not recalled for service . However , when the Home Guard was formed , he served as an Area Commander , despite being over - age , and this position being equivalent in rank only to a brigadier . In 1927 , Loch became chairman of the Greyhound Racing Association . In 1931 this involved him in the case of Mick the Miller , which led to a controversial rerun of the Greyhound Derby . He became Captain of the Yeoman of the Guard again in 1929 . In 1931 he took part in the America ' s Cup on the yacht " Candide " . Loch had an estate in Suffolk and was alderman on West Suffolk County Council . Other positions he held included chairman of the United Service Fund , chairman of governors of Dulwich College and associate joint treasurer for University College , London . Loch married Lady Margaret Louisa Lizzie Compton , daughter of William Compton , 5th Marquess of Northampton , on 6 June 1905 . They had two sons and three daughters , and he was succeeded by George Loch , 3rd Baron Loch . He died in a London hospital on 14 August 1942 , his funeral service was at the Guards Chapel , Wellington Barracks , London on 20 August 1942 , followed by burial at Stoke - by - Clare .