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Line 1: {{Short description\|British Army officer}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~April~~February ~~2012~~2021}} '''Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton''',<ref>Michael Rhodes. [http://groups.google.com/group/Peerage-News/browse_thread/thread/1cb75d094812efe/32fb1980d6c9fd64 "Dare Athena Lowther-Pinkerton"] Peerage News group. Retrieved 21 January 2009</ref> [[Royal Victorian Order\|LVO]], [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]], [[Deputy Lieutenant\|DL]] (born 28 September 1960) is [[Private Secretary to the Sovereign\|Private Secretary]] to the [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge\|Duke]] and [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge\|Duchess of Cambridge]] and to [[Prince Harry]], in the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry. He was appointed on 2 May 2005 but resigned as full-time Private Secretary with effect from September 2013, remaining for a single day a week in order to mentor and advise the younger staff who shall have to succeed him.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/10035904/Blow-for-William-and-Kate-as-their-most-senior-courtier-Jamie-Lowther-Pinkerton-announces-his-departure.html Blow for William and Kate as their most senior courtier Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton announces his departure, Telegraph online]</ref> The Household shares facilities with the larger Household of the [[Charles, Prince of Wales\|Prince of Wales]]. Jamie is godfather to [[Prince George of Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24636263\|title=Prince George's godparents announced\|publisher=BBC News\|accessdate=23 October 2013\|date=23 October 2013}}</ref>▼ {{Infobox person \| pre-nominals = \| name = Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton \| post-nominals = {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|LVO\|MBE\|DL}} \| image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> \| image_upright = \| alt = \| caption = \| birth_name = Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\| df=y\|1960\|01\|28}} \| birth_place = [[Alderton, Suffolk]], England \| nationality = [[United Kingdom\|British]] \| other_names = \| occupation = Equerry to [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] (1984–1986), [[Private Secretary to the Sovereign\|Private Secretary]] to the [[William, Prince of Wales\|Duke]] and [[Catherine, Princess of Wales\|Duchess of Cambridge]] and to [[Prince Harry]] (2005–2013) \| spouse = Susannah Richards \| children = 4 \| years_active = \| known_for = \| notable_works = }} ▲'''Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton''',<ref>Michael Rhodes. [http://groups.google.com/group/Peerage-News/browse_thread/thread/1cb75d094812efe/32fb1980d6c9fd64 "Dare Athena Lowther-Pinkerton"] Peerage News group. Retrieved 21 January 2009</ref> [[Royal Victorian Order\|LVO]], [[Order of the British Empire\|MBE]], [[Deputy Lieutenant\|DL]] (born 28 September 1960) is the former [[Private Secretary to the Sovereign\|Private Secretary]] to the [[~~Prince~~ William, ~~Duke~~Prince of ~~Cambridge~~Wales\|Duke]] and [[Catherine, ~~Duchess~~Princess of ~~Cambridge~~Wales\|Duchess of Cambridge]] and to [[Prince Harry]]~~, in the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry~~. He was appointed on 2 May 2005 ~~but~~and resigned as full-time Private Secretary with effect from September 2013, remaining for a single day a week in order to mentor and advise the younger staff who shall have to succeed him.<ref>[~~http~~https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-william/10035904/Blow-for-William-and-Kate-as-their-most-senior-courtier-Jamie-Lowther-Pinkerton-announces-his-departure.html Blow for William and Kate as their most senior courtier Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton announces his departure, Telegraph online]</ref> The Household shares facilities with the larger Household of the [[Charles, Prince of Wales\|Prince of Wales]]. Jamie is godfather to [[Prince George of Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24636263\|title=Prince George's godparents announced\|publisher=BBC News\|accessdate=23 October 2013\|date=23 October 2013}}</ref> From 1979 to 1998, he was an officer in the British Army. He served with the [[Irish Guards]] and the [[Special Air Service]] (SAS), including in the first Gulf War, and in Colombia and the Balkans. He is godfather to [[Prince George of Wales\|Prince George]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24636263\|title=Prince George's godparents announced\|work=BBC News\|accessdate=23 October 2013\|date=23 October 2013}}</ref> ==Biography== ===Early life=== 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, ~~not the [[Earl of Lonsdale\|Earls of Lonsdale]], but~~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~~'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=== HeLowther-Pinkerton served as [[Equerry]] to [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] ~~1984-1986~~1984–1986, and was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|~~Captain~~captain]] on 8 June 1986. He was a [[troop]] commander of the SAS as a Captain. He served in the first [[Gulf War]] in ~~1990-1991~~1990–1991 as [[Special Forces]] [[Liaison Officer]] with United States forces.<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> HeLowther-Pinkerton was promoted to the rank of [[Major (UK)\|~~Major~~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, heLowther-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> HeLowther-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> ===Personal life=== HeLowther-Pinkerton is married to Susannah Lowther-Pinkerton (born Susannah Lucy Richards), and ~~with~~has four children.<ref>A third daughter was born in 2007., Dare Lowther-Pinkerton See ibid for details.</ref> The family lives in Suffolk. His ten-year-old son, William "Billy" Lowther-Pinkerton, was one of the pageboys at the [[~~Wedding~~wedding of Prince William~~, Duke of Cambridge,~~ and Catherine ~~Middleton\|wedding of Prince William and Kate~~ Middleton]] in April 2011. ==References== Line 25 ⟶ 50: ==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.] {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowther-Pinkerton, Jamie}} Line 37 ⟶ 63: [[Category:Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order]] [[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:Deputy ~~Lieutenants~~lieutenants of Suffolk]] [[Category:Special Air Service officers]] [[Category:Equerries]] [[Category:Military personnel from Suffolk]] [[Category:British Army personnel of the Gulf War]]