Peter Grant Peterkin

Major-General
 Peter Grant Peterkin
 CB, OBE
Serjeant-at-Arms
of the British House of Commons
In office
31 December 2004 – 24 June 2007
Speaker Michael Martin
Preceded by Sir Michael Cummins
Succeeded by Jill Pay
Personal details
Born 6 July 1947 (1947-07-06) (age 64)
Nationality British
Alma mater Durham University
Military service
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1967-2004
Rank Major-General
Commands 24th Airmobile Brigade
5th Division
Battles/wars Kosovo War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Anthony Peter Grant Peterkin CB OBE (born 6 July 1947) was the British House of Commons' Serjeant at Arms between 2004 and 2007.

Military career

Educated at Ampleforth College before going on to Sandhurst and then Hatfield College, Durham University,[1] Grant Peterkin was commissioned into the Queen's Own Highlanders in 1967.[2] He was appointed Commander 24th Airmobile Brigade in 1993[3] and then became Deputy Military Secretary in 1996.[3] In 1999 he went on a mission, arranged by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, to Kosovo[3] and then later that year he was appointed the senior Army representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.[4] In October 1999 he became General Officer Commanding 5th Division.[5] He became Military Secretary in 2000 before retiring in 2004.[6]

He was appointed Serjeant at Arms in 2004 but then sacked in 2007 after suggestions of a falling out with Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons.[1]

He is now Chairman of Global Vetting.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Commons Serjeant at Arms is sacked after repeated clashes with Speaker Martin The Independent, 24 June 2007
  2. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44435. p. 11534. 24 October 1967. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  3. ^ a b c Debrett's People of Today
  4. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55385. p. 883. 25 January 1999. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  5. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 55735. p. 463. 18 January 2000. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  6. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 57175. p. 381. 31 January 2004. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  7. ^ Global Vetting
Military offices
Preceded by
Robin Searby		 General Officer Commanding the 5th Division
1999–2000		 Succeeded by
Arthur Denaro
Preceded by
Alistair Irwin		 Military Secretary
2000–2003		 Succeeded by
Freddie Viggers
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Michael Cummins		 Serjeant at Arms of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
2004-2007		 Succeeded by
Jill Pay