Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote
The Right Honourable The Lord Moore of Wolvercote | |
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Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
In office 12 November 1977 – 1 April 1986 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Sir Martin Charteris |
Succeeded by | Sir William Heseltine |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 22 July 1986 – 7 April 2009 Life Peerage | |
Personal details | |
Born | Philip Brian Cecil Moore (1921-04-06)6 April 1921 |
Died | 7 April 2009(2009-04-07) (aged 88) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Philip Brian Cecil Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, GCB, GCVO, CMG, QSO, PC (6 April 1921 – 7 April 2009) was Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1986.
He was educated at the Dragon School, Cheltenham College, then Brasenose College, Oxford, and served in RAF Bomber Command during World War II. He played one match for the England international rugby union team, against Wales in the 1951 Five Nations Championship.[1][2]
Moore was then Private Secretary from 1957 to 1958, to the 10th Earl of Selkirk in the latter's capacity as First Lord of the Admiralty. He was Deputy British High Commissioner (and acting HC) in Singapore, 1963–65, and back in the UK, Chief of Public Relations of the Ministry of Defence 1965–66.[3] He was then Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 1966 to 1972, then as Deputy until 1977 and as Private Secretary to the Sovereign until 1986. On his retirement in 1986, he was created Baron Moore of Wolvercote, of Wolvercote in the City of Oxford[4] and he lived in a grace and favour apartment in Hampton Court Palace. He received the honour of being made a Permanent Lord in Waiting.[5][6]
His former son-in-law is the singer Peter Gabriel and singer Melanie Gabriel his granddaughter. His wife Joanna died in 2011 aged 86.
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References
- ^ "ESPNscrum profile". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ Purser, Philip (5 May 2009). "Lord Moore of Wolvercote". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Who's Who
- ^ "No. 50610". The London Gazette. 28 July 1986. p. 9909.
- ^ Tomlinson, Richard (20 December 1992). "They also serve, who only ush". Independent. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
- ^ [The Times, UK, 12 November 1977]
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2003. p. 1135.
External links
- "Obituary: Lord Moore of Wolvercote". The Daily Telegraph. London. 27 April 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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Preceded by | Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1977–1986 | Succeeded by |