Robert Baddeley (British Army officer)

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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.

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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.

Military career

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]

Political career

Baddeley was elected to Wiltshire County Council as a Conservative in 1988. In 1999, he became chairman of Wiltshire County Council. [7]

Honours

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]

Recreations

Baddeley is a supporter of the Kipling Society. [10]

Notes

  1. London Gazette , Issue 40292 of 5 October 1954 (Supplement), p. 5630
  2. Brigadier Robert John Baddeley, psc ASC at dscsc.mil.bd, accessed 18 January 2011
  3. Dod's parliamentary companion, vol. 157 (1989), p. 714
  4. London Gazette, Issue 51713 of 24 April 1989 (Supplement), p. 4916
  5. London Gazette, Issue 51609 of 9 January 1989 (Supplement), p. 328
  6. London Gazette, Issue 53008 of 3 August 1992 (Supplement), p. 13139
  7. Wiltshire County Council, Clerk's Department, at nationalarchives.gov.uk, accessed 19 January 2011
  8. London Gazette, Issue 56040 of 24 November 2000, page 13274 ("Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Wiltshire on 9th November 2000): Brigadier Robert John Baddeley, Hazeldon House, Wardour, Tisbury."
  9. Royal & Honoris Causa, Honorary & Craft Freeman of the Livery at coachmakers.co.uk, accessed 18 January 2011
  10. KIPLING JOURNAL, September 1996 at blueyonder.co.uk, accessed 18 January 2011

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