Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes

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Gillian Butler
(m. 1966;died 1995)
Susan Margaret Carter
(after 1996)
The Lord Geddes
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Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Assumed office
9 December 2002
Education Rugby School
Alma mater Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Harvard Business School

Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes (born 3 September 1937) is a British Conservative peer and politician and current deputy speaker of the House of Lords.

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Early life

Geddes is the son of the 2nd Baron Geddes and the former Enid Mary Butler, only child of Clarence Henry Butler, of Tenterden. [1]

He was educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1961, later promoted to Master of Arts. He was further educated at Harvard Business School in 1969. He succeeded to his father's title in 1975. [1]

Career

Geddes served in the Royal Navy from 1956 to 1958, and became a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. He was development manager, P&O Bulk Shipping. He was deputy manager of P&O Asia (Hong Kong) between 1975 and 1977. [2] Since 1992, he has been chair of the Trinity College, London and since 2000 of Chrome Castle Ltd. He is further director of the Trinity College of Music and is one of the ninety hereditary peers selected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. Since 2002 Lord Geddes has been a deputy speaker of the House of Lords. [3]

Personal life

Lord Geddes has been married twice, first to Gillian Butler in 1966 and, after her death in 1995, to Susan Margaret Carter in 1996. He has two children by his first wife, one daughter and one son, his heir James George Neil Geddes.

Coat of arms of Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes
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Crest
A Scots pine tree growing out of a mound all Proper.
Escutcheon
Azure three geds naiant Or on a chief of the last as many boars' heads couped Sable armed Argent langued Gules.
Supporters
On a compartment semé of sea-pinks two geds Proper.
Motto
Capta Majora [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Geddes, Baron (UK, 1942)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. Lt.-Cdr. Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes.
  3. "Contact information for Lord Geddes - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. Burke's Peerage. 1949.

Literature

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Geddes
1975–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1975–1999)
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. James Geddes
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
created by the House of Lords Act 1999
Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–present
Incumbent