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{{Short description|British Army general}}
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|birth_place= [[Pembrokeshire]], England
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] '''Ashley Ernest George Truluck''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|CB|CBE}} (born 7 December 1947) is a retired [[British Army]] officer and administrator who served as [[High Sheriff of Wiltshire]] from 2020 to 2021.

==Career==
Truluck was born in [[Pembrokeshire]] on 7 December 1947,<ref>“Truluck Ashley E / Kitchen Pembroke 8c 563a” in General Index to Births in England and Wales, 1947</ref> the son of Major George William Truluck of the [[Royal Artillery]], and his wife Elizabeth Kitchener.<ref name=who>[https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U38098 ”Truluck, Maj. Gen. Ashley Ernest George”] in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who 2020]]'' online, accessed 27 April 2020 {{subscription}}</ref> After graduating from the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] in December 1968, Truluck was commissioned into the [[Royal Corps of Signals]].<ref>''[[The London Gazette]]'', 18 January 1969 (Supplement), [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/44774/supplement/1000 p. 1000]</ref> In 1970, he transferred to the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]] and, in 1975, was posted back to the Royal Corps of Signals. By 1988, he was commanding officer of the 3rd Armoured Divisional Signal Regiment,<ref name=linked>[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ashleytruluck71247 Ashley Truluck] at linkedin.com, accessed 27 April 2020</ref> having served around the world in communications and intelligence, and with army aviation.<ref name=cultural/> He was commander of the [[Royal School of Signals]] from 1990 to 1993,<ref name=linked/> and was later on the [[Chiefs of Staff Committee|General Staff]].<ref name=cultural>[https://www.theculturalexperience.com/expert-guides/major-general-ashley-truluck-cb-cbe-ba/ Major General Ashley Truluck CB CBE] at theculturalexperience.com, accessed 27 April 2020</ref> In his final years in the army, Truluck's main role was in programme management, implementing the restructuring of the British Army and [[NATO]].<ref name=wiltshirecf>[https://www.wiltshirecf.org.uk/node/326 Ashley Truluck CB] at wiltshirecf.org.uk, accessed 27 April 2020</ref> He was Director of Staff Operations, UK Land Forces from 1994 to 1996; Director of the Attack Helicopter Programme at the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] from 1997 to 1998; and Director General, Command Structure (ACOS) at [[NATO]] from 1998 to 2000.<ref name=linked/> He was promoted to the substantive rank of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] on 28 April 1998.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=55253|page=9955|supp=y|date=14 September 1998}}</ref>

Truluck retired from the army in 2001 as a major general,<ref name=gazette>[https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/18336796.major-general-ashley-truluck-succeeds-david-scott-crowns-representative-county/ Major-General Ashley Truluck succeeds David Scott as the Sovereign's representative for the county] at gazetteandherald.co.uk, 26 March 2020, accessed 27 April 2020</ref> and was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] in the [[2001 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=56237 |date=16 June 2001|pages=1–27 |supp=1}}</ref>

==Later career==
After the army, Truluck worked in both the public and private sectors.<ref name=wiltshirecf/> He was Chief Executive of the London Courts Authority from 2001 to 2003, at the same time chairing the London Criminal Justice Board; Strategic Consultant with [[Bell Labs]] (USA) and [[IBM]] (UK) from 2003 to 2005; Chairman of the Defence Information Management Study at the Ministry of Defence from 2005 to 2006; National Programme Director, Fire & Rescue Communications, at the [[Department of Communities and Local Government]] from 2007 to 2010; Strategic Adviser, Defence & National Security, at IBM, from 2010 to 2013.<ref name=linked/>

Truluck is now a consultant, with Kerykeion Management Services, formerly ATA (Ashley Truluck Associates), providing advice to commercial, charitable, and public service organizations.<ref name=linked/> He has also been head of an offshore sailing association, Chairman of the Wiltshire Community Foundation,<ref name=wiltshirecf/> and is chairman of the [[Society for Army Historical Research]].<ref name=cultural/>

In November 2017, the Privy Council nominated Truluck as a potential [[High Sheriff of Wiltshire]] and,<ref>[[The London Gazette]], [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2895202 Notice 2895202 (Privy Council Office)], 14 November 2017</ref> on 25 March 2020, he was sworn into office as High Sheriff.<ref>This had been planned to happen at a ceremony in the [[Salisbury Guildhall]], with more than 120 people in attendance, but due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 restrictions]] other arrangements had to be made, so Truluck made his declaration of acceptance of office via [[Zoom (software)|Zoom]].</ref><ref name=gazette/> In March 2021 he was succeeded by [[Hobhouse baronets|Sir Charles Hobhouse]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63290 |page=4778 |date=11 March 2021}}</ref>

==Private life==
Truluck married Jennifer J. Bell in [[Wensleydale]] in 1976.<ref>”TRULUCK Ashley E / BELL Jennifer J / WENSLEYDALE 2 1778” in General Index to Marriages in England and Wales, 1976</ref> They have one son and one daughter,<ref name=who/> and live in the [[Chalke Valley]], having previously lived near [[Amesbury]], [[Swindon]], and [[Salisbury]], all in [[Wiltshire]].<ref name=wiltshirecf/>

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[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]
[[Category:High Sheriffs of Wiltshire]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Royal Corps of Signals officers]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]

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