Major General Sir William George Cubitt, (born 19 February 1959) is a former senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding London District and Major-General commanding the Household Division from 2007 until his retirement in 2011.
Early life The second of the three sons of Thomas Randall Cubitt and his wife Rachel Edith Capron, daughter of Lt.-Colonel G. T. H. Capron,Burke's Peerage, vol. 3, 2003, p. 3232 Cubitt was educated at Beechwood Park, Hertfordshire, Stowe School, and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated BSc in Agriculture."Cubitt, Maj. Gen. Sir William (George)", Who's Who, online edition by Oxford University Press, updated 1 December 2022, accessed 22 November 2025
He is a member of a Norfolk landed gentry family, of Honing Hall, which was inherited by his father. The Cubitts are descended from Captain Thomas Cubitt of Honing (1760–1829).L. G. Pine, ed., Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 17th edition, (London: Burke's, 1952), p. 576
Career Cubitt was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1977. He transferred to the Irish Guards in 1998. In 1999 he served in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services during the Kosovo War. In 2004 he served in Northern Ireland and was advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services in the final stages of Operation Banner.
Cubitt was promoted to major general and appointed Major-General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District in 2007. He relinquished this appointment on 29 June 2011 and was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.The Court Circular 29 June 2011
Cubitt was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk for 2016–2017, and in 2018 Sir Richard Jewson, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, made him one of his Deputy Lieutenants.
He is a farmer and landowner.
Family In 1990, Cubitt married Lucy Jane Pym, daughter of a fellow Irish Guards officer, Martin Hugh Pym, and a granddaughter of Alexander Ruthven Pym; they have a daughter, Charlotte Mary Cubitt, and two sons, James William Cubitt and Edward George Cubitt.
Honours 2000: Officer of the Order of the British Empire 2005: Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2008: Regimental Lieutenant Colonel of the Irish Guards (an honorary position), succeeding Major-General Sir Sebastian Roberts 2011: Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
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