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{{Short description|British Army officer}}
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Brought up in [[Alderton, Suffolk]],<ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/suffolk_alderton_man_is_royal_wedding_planner_1_742073 Suffolk: Alderton man is Royal wedding planner - News - Eastern Daily Press] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105033710/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/suffolk_alderton_man_is_royal_wedding_planner_1_742073 |date=5 November 2016 }} Retrieved 2011-11-04.</ref> he is descended from the Lowther [[landed gentry]] family, and shares a descent from the [[Earl of Bessborough|1st Earl of Bessborough]] with his royal employers. He was educated at [[Eton College]].<ref>'LOWTHER-PINKERTON, (Anthony) James (Moxon)’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017</ref>
His first career was in the [[British Army]]. He trained at the [[Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst]] in 1979, and joined the [[Irish Guards]]. Lowther-Pinkerton served with the 1st [[Battalion]] Irish Guards, but was attached to the [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) throughout his 20-year army career, where he was described as an especially capable officer.<sup>[https://archive.today/20110604095908/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1510151,00.html]</sup> He retired from the Army in 1998.
===Career===
Lowther-Pinkerton served as [[Equerry]] to [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] 1984–1986, and was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 8 June 1986. He was a [[troop]] commander of the SAS as a Captain. He served in the first [[Gulf War]] in
Lowther-Pinkerton was promoted to the rank of [[Major (UK)|major]] on 30 September 1992, and was in charge of two 20-man SAS counter-narcotics operations in Colombia for two years in the early 1990s. He attended the [[Staff College, Camberley]], and qualified as a [[staff officer]] ([[psc (British Army)|psc]]). Lowther-Pinkerton was Commanding Officer of G [[Squadron (aviation)|Squadron]] SAS. In the mid-to-late 1990s he was in the Balkans for the strategic policy review by the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]]; reportedly in 1994 as part of a four-man SAS "Joint Communication Organisation" in Bosnia.<sup>[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=166&id=455762005], [https://archive.today/20110604095908/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1510151,00.html]</sup>
In 2001, Lowther-Pinkerton co-founded, and has since been a director of, Objective Travel Safety, which provides [[risk assessment]] training for young travellers and journalists. He trained [[Ewan McGregor]] and [[Charley Boorman]] for their ''[[Long Way Round]]'' and ''[[Long Way Down]]'' TV series. He is a part-time consultant to Kroll Risk Management, London.<sup>[http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=166&id=455762005], [https://archive.today/20110604095908/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1510151,00.html]</sup>
Lowther-Pinkerton was appointed [[Member of the Royal Victorian Order]] (MVO) for his service as Equerry to The Queen Mother in 1986, [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in 1990 for service with the special forces in Colombia,<ref>{{cite news| title = Scotsman news article| url=http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=166&id=455762005 | location=Edinburgh | work=The Scotsman}}</ref> and [[Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order]] (LVO) in the 2013 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=4 |supp=y }}</ref> Until 2021, Lowther-Pinkerton served as a trustee for the veteran support and archaeology charity Waterloo Uncovered, which conducts excavations at the site of the [[Battle of Waterloo]] with veterans and serving personnel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WATERLOO UNCOVERED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09533851/filing-history |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton {{!}} Waterloo Uncovered |url=https://waterloouncovered.com/about/our-people/trustees/jamie-lowther-pinkerton/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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==External links==
* Michael Evans and Andrew Pierce. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110604095908/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article418785.ece "SAS hero parachuted in for princes: Drug-busting officer who specialises in risk management to guard William and Harry"] ''The Times'', 4 March 2005.
*Jim Gilchrist. [http://news.scotsman.com/princeharry/The-Special-Heir-Service.2622327.jp "The Special Heir Service"] ''The Scotsman'' 29 April 2005
*[https://www.waterloouncovered.com Waterloo Uncovered.]
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