Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane

Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane GCB GCVO PC (born September 30, 1910 in London , England ; † April 30, 1984 in Aberdeen , Scotland ) was a British lieutenant colonel in the Coldstream Guards , who was among other things private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II between 1954 and 1972 . was as well in 1972 as a Life peer due to the Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords was.

Life

Family background and officer in the Coldstream Guards

Adeane was a son of Henry Robert Augustus Adeane, who took part in the First World War as captain of the Coldstream Guards and fell on November 2, 1914. His paternal grandfather was Vice Admiral Edward Stanley Adeane , while his mother Victoria Eugenie Bigge was the daughter of Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham , who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Artillery and was private secretary to Queen Victoria and Kings Edward VII and George V . was.

During his school education at Eton College , he was a Page of Honor of King George V between 1923 and 1927 and then studied at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge , which he obtained in 1931 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) in 1934 . He then joined the Coldstream Guards as an officer, like his father, and between 1934 and 1936 he was the aide-de-camp of Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, and then John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir , the then Governors General of Canada .

After his return in 1937, Adeane took over the role of Assistant Private Secretary to King George VI. and held this position until the king's death on February 6, 1952. In the meantime, he took part as an officer in the Coldstream Guards between 1939 and 1945 in World War II , where he was last promoted to major and because of his bravery in missions in which he was also Sustained wounds, mentioned in the war report ( Mentioned in Despatches ). For his military achievements and services in the royal household, he became a member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1946 , Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1947 and Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1951 , so that from then on he was named “Sir " wore.

Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and Member of the House of Lords

After the death of King George VI. he was in 1952, first of assistive private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II. and took as one of their stable master ( Equerry to the Queen ) in the wake of the Queen at the coronation procession in 1953 in part. Adeane, who became Privy Councilor in 1953 and last held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Coldstream Guards, succeeded Alan Lascelles in 1954 as the private secretary of Queen Elizabeth II and held this position for 18 years until 1972. At the same time, he served between 1954 and 1972 also as Keeper of the Queen's Archives . For his services in these positions, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1955 and made the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1962 and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1968.

Upon cessation of his duties as private secretary and administrator of the Queen's Archives, Adeane became a member of the House of Lords, to which he was up to, as a Life Peer entitled Baron Adeane , of Stamfordham in the County of Northumberland, by letters patent dated April 20, 1972 belonged to his death. At the same time, he was appointed bearer of the Royal Victorian Chain by the Queen in 1972 . Successor as the Queen's private secretary was the previous assistant private secretary Martin Charteris .

His marriage to Helen Chetwynd-Stapylton on January 10, 1939 resulted in George Edward Adeane, among others, who between 1979 and 1985 was the private secretary of Charles, Prince of Wales , before moving into the private sector .

Web links

• Michael Adeane at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.