j5 Name English Woman, 33, As Only Female General LONDON. Slim, 33-year-old Mrs. Jean Knox took over control of the Women's Auxiliary Territorial service branch of the army. With the rank of major general she sits at a big desk in the war office. The mother of a 14-year-old girl and wife of a Royal Air force squadron leader, she is the youngest young-est general in the British army and the only woman general.