Timothy Garden, Baron Garden

Timothy Garden, Baron Garden (2006)

Timothy Garden, Baron Garden KCB FRAeS FRUSI FCGI (born April 23, 1944 in Worcester - † August 9, 2007 ) was a British Air Marshal of the Royal Air Force and a politician of the Liberal Democrats , who was a life peer member from 2004 until his death of the House of Lords .

Life

Studies and officer of the RAF

After visiting the King's School Worcester Garden began studying physics at St Catherine's College of the University of Oxford , which he with a 1965 Bachelor of Arts (BA) and in 1967 with a Master of Arts graduated (MA). During his studies he joined the Royal Air Force as an Acting Pilot Officer on September 22, 1963 and then went through pilot training in the course of which he was promoted to a captain ( flight lieutenant ) on October 23, 1966 . In April 1968, he was a pilot of an English Electric Canberra - combat aircraft to No. 3 Squadron RAF after Laarbruch added and served there until December 1971. After being between December 1971 and July 1972, the Central Flying School ( Central Flying School had graduated) in Little Rissington, he was used as a trainer in the training aircraft of type BAC Jet Provost in 3. Flying Training School in Leeming .

After his promotion to Major ( Squadron Leader ) on July 1, 1973, he became a Squadron Commander at the 1st Flight Training School in Linton-on-Ouse in October 1973 and then graduated from Staff College in Camberley from January to December 1976 . After his termination he became a staff officer for personnel matters before he was promoted to lieutenant colonel ( wing commander ) on January 1, 1979 in July 1979, commanding officer of No. 50 Squadron RAF was. He then began in June 1981 to study at Magdalene College of the University of Cambridge , which he completed in 1982 with a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.).

On August 1, 1982 Garden Acting Group Captain and as such shortly thereafter director of defense studies at the RAF Staff College in Bracknell , where he was promoted to Colonel ( Group Captain ) on July 1, 1984 . After being between November 1985 and November 1987 Commanding Officer of the military airfield RAF Odiham was, he became deputy director of defense programs in the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense .

Ascent to the Air Marshal

In the Ministry of Defense, Garden became director of the Air Force General Staff in July 1988 and was promoted to Air Commodore on January 1, 1989 . After his promotion to Major General ( Air Vice Marshal ) on 1 January 1991, he was on 15 March 1991 as the successor to Air Vice Marshal John Thomson Deputy Chief of Air Staff ( Assistant Chief of the Air Staff ) and was as such until the first August 1992 responsible for Air Force politics and operations. During this time he was named Companion of the Order of the Bath on December 31, 1991 .

On August 1, 1992, Garden was to succeed TPJ Boyd-Carpenter Assistant Chief of the Defense Staff for defense programs, while Anthony Bagnall succeeded him as Deputy Chief of the Air Force.

After his promotion to Air Marshal on March 21, 1994, Garden succeeded John Coward as Commandant of the Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) on April 1, 1994, and held that post until his early retirement on April 23, 1996 He was succeeded there by Lieutenant General Scott Grant . During this time he became Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on June 11, 1994 and from then on led to the suffix "Sir". He was also a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1994 and of the Royal United Services Institute in 1996 and an Honorary Fellow of Catherine's College.

House of Lords

After retiring from active military service, he became Director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House and also took a professorship at the Center for Defense Studies at King's College London . In 1997 he became Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators and in 2003 a Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute .

By a letters patent dated June 3, 2004 Garden was elevated to the nobility as a life peer with the title Baron Garden , of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden . Shortly thereafter took place on 9 June 2004 on its introduction ( Introduction ) as a member of the House of Lords . In the upper house it belongs to the faction of the Liberal Democrats. During his membership in the House of Lords, he was defense policy spokesman for his parliamentary group from May 2005 until his death.

Web links

• Entry in They Work For You (accessed December 7, 2012)
• Cracroft's Peerage
• Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Entry on Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organization (accessed December 7, 2012)