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Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote
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Philip Brian Cecil Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, GCB, GCVO, CMG, QSO, PC (b. 6 April 1921) was educated at Cheltenham and Brasenose College, Oxford and fought as a Bomber during World War II. 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.{Verifiable from Who's Who}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 and he currently lives in a grace and favour apartment in Hampton Court Palace.
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| Preceded by Sir Martin Charteris |
Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1977–1986 |
Succeeded by Sir William Heseltine |
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