Educated at
Eton College and the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hicks was commissioned into the
Coldstream Guards in 1948. He became commanding officer of 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards in 1970 and was deployed to
Northern Ireland during
the Troubles. He was appointed a
Companion of the Order of the Bath in the
1982 Birthday Honours. In 1950 he married Jean Hilary Duncan; they had three sons. ==References==