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Robert John Baddeley DL (born 1934) is a British soldier and former Aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II. In the British Army he was a regular officer, rising to the rank of Brigadier.
For twelve years he was a Conservative politician and was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council for the year 1999–2000, after which he was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.
From Sandhurst, Baddeley was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1954. [1]
From November 1983 to January 1986 he was Chief Instructor at the Defence Services Command and Staff College of Bangladesh. [2] He was then appointed as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II and as Director of Army Training and Inspector of Physical & Adventurous Training. [3]
He retired as aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1989, when he was replaced by Brigadier Arthur Gooch. [4]
In 1989 he succeeded General Sir Robert Ford as Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, [5] and relinquished the appointment in 1992. [6]
Baddeley was elected to Wiltshire County Council as a Conservative in 1988. In 1999, he became chairman of Wiltshire County Council. [7]
In November 2000, Baddeley was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire. [8]
He is also an Honorary Freeman of the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harness Makers of the City of London. [9]
Baddeley is a supporter of the Kipling Society. [10]
Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips OLY is an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman for Great Britain and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he has two children. He remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles, a noted eventing course designer, and a columnist for Horse & Hound magazine.
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles is a retired British Army officer. He is the former husband of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, later a member of the British royal family.
Charles Maurice Petty-Fitzmaurice, 9th Marquess of Lansdowne,, styled Earl of Shelburne between 1944 and 1999, is a British peer, landowner and army officer. He was a member of various local councils in Wiltshire from 1964 to 1985, and chairman of North Wiltshire District Council 1973–1976. He was Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2012 to 2016.
Personal Aide-de-Camp is an appointment in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. It is distinct from that of other Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, in that it is only bestowed on members of the Royal Family holding military rank. The appointment is signified by the post-nominal letters 'ADC'. It is an honorary role with few duties or responsibilities attached; in the 20th century the Personal Aides-de-Camp were specifically listed as riding close behind the Gold State Coach at each Coronation, and walking or riding close behind the Gun Carriage at each State Funeral, of a monarch.
John Barnard Bush is an English farmer, landowner, and Justice of the Peace. He was Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 2004 to 2012, having previously served as the county's High Sheriff.
Colonel Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey was a British soldier and magistrate.
Brigadier James Joseph "Joe" Kingstone DSO & Bar MC CBE, DL was an officer in the British Army during the First and Second World Wars.
General Sir Charles Frederic Keightley, was a senior British Army officer who served during and following the Second World War. After serving with distinction during the Second World War – becoming, in 1944, the youngest corps commander in the British Army – he had a distinguished postwar career and was the Governor of Gibraltar from 1958 to 1962.
Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Robert Johnston is a retired British Army officer. He served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff from 1981 to 1982, and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire from 1996 to 2004.
Major-General Anthony Peter Grant Peterkin is a retired senior British Army officer. He was the British House of Commons' Serjeant at Arms between 2004 and 2007.
Brigadier Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet, DL is an English baronet and retired regular officer of the British Army. He was also an aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.
Major General David John Rutherford-Jones is a retired British Army officer and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
General Sir Robert Cyril Ford was a British Army general who was Adjutant-General to the Forces. The Bloody Sunday shootings occurred during his tenure as Commander Land Forces, Northern Ireland.
General Sir Jack Wentworth Harman, was a British Army officer who became Adjutant-General to the Forces. He began his military career in 1940, serving in The Queen's Bays for the majority of his early career and saw service with them during Second World War in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Following the war Harman held various appointments at regimental, divisional and corps level rising to fulfil the role of Adjutant-General to the Forces in 1976. His final position was as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, which he held until retirement in 1981. In later life he served as a director of an insurance brokers and vice-chairman of the National Army Museum and The Automobile Association before he died in late December 2009, at the age of 89.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Geoffrey Gordon Byron, 12th Baron Byron DSO was a British nobleman, peer, politician, and army officer. He was a descendant of a cousin of Romantic poet and writer, George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron.
Major-General Patrick Guy Brooking was a British Army officer who served as commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.
Brigadier Alan Herring Parnaby OBE was an English cricketer and British Army officer. Parnaby was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Sunderland, County Durham and died at Westminster, London.
Brigadier-General Frederick Arthur Bashford Fryer was a British Army cavalry officer in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.