Robert Baddeley (British Army officer)

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 party politician and was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council for the year 1999-2000, after which he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire.

Military career

From Sandhurst, Baddeley was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards on 6 August 1954.[1]

From 24 November 1983 to 14 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 on 14 March 1989, when he was replaced by Brigadier Arthur Gooch.[4]

On 1 January 1989 he succeeded General Sir Robert Ford as Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards,[5] to relinquish the appointment on 31 July 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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