Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes
The Lord Geddes | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords | |
| Assumed office November 2010 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 20 June 1975 Hereditary Peerage | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Lord Geddes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 September 1937 |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Gillian Butler
(m. 1966; died 1995)Susan Margaret Carter
(m. 1996) |
| Education | Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Harvard Business School |
Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes (born 3 September 1937) is a British Conservative peer and politician and current deputy speaker of the House of Lords.
Early life[]
The son of the and the former Enid Mary Butler, only child of Clarence Henry Butler, of Tenterden.[1]
He was educated at Rugby School, Warwickshire and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1961, later promoted to Master of Arts. He was further educated at Harvard Business School in 1969. He succeeded to his father's title in 1975.[1]
Career[]
Geddes served in the Royal Navy from 1956 to 1958, and became a Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve. He was development manager, P&O Bulk Shipping. He was deputy manager of P&O Asia (Hong Kong) between 1975 and 1977.[2] Since 1992, he has been chair of the Trinity College, London and since 2000 of . He is further director of the Trinity College of Music and is one of the ninety hereditary peers selected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. Since 2002 Lord Geddes has been a deputy speaker of the House of Lords.[3]
Personal life[]
Lord Geddes has been married twice, first to Gillian Butler in 1966 and, after her death in 1995, to Susan Margaret Carter in 1996. He has two children by his first wife, one daughter and one son, his heir .
  |
|
Literature[]
- "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2007.
References[]
- ^ a b "Geddes, Baron (UK, 1942)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Lt.-Cdr. Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes.
- ^ "Contact information for Lord Geddes - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1949.
Authority control  |
|---|
 | This biography of a baron in the peerage of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1937 births
- Living people
- People educated at Rugby School
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers
- Harvard Business School alumni
- Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act
- Peerage of the United Kingdom baron stubs