Robert Baddeley (British Army officer)
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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 politician and was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council for the year 1999–2000, after which he was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Wiltshire.
From Sandhurst, Baddeley was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards in 1954.[1]
From November 1983 to 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 in 1989, when he was replaced by Brigadier Arthur Gooch.[4]
In 1989 he succeeded General Sir Robert Ford as Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards,[5] and relinquished the appointment in 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]
