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Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (7 September 191323 December 1999) was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth II.〔(Daily Telegraph "Her Majesty's A-team" )〕 Charteris was the son of Hugo Francis Charteris, grandson of Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss and a brother of the 12th Earl of Wemyss. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. He fought in the Middle East during the Second World War, rising to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. On his return, he married the Hon. Mary Margesson (a daughter of the 1st Viscount Margesson) on 16 December 1944 and they had three children. He retired from the Army in 1951. In 1950, he was appointed Private Secretary to Princess Elizabeth, who was then Duchess of Edinburgh and heiress presumptive to the British throne. From her accession in 1952 until 1972, he served as her Assistant Private Secretary under Sir Michael Adeane. On Adeane's retirement in 1972, he was promoted to Private Secretary. He held this post until his retirement in 1977 and returned to Eton as its Provost. He was granted the honour of being a Permanent Lord in Waiting. Charteris was probably most outspoken in an interview he gave to ''The Spectator'' in 1995, in which he described the Duchess of York as "vulgar", the Prince of Wales as "whiney" and the Queen Mother as "a bit of an ostrich". ==Honours== Appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1946 Birthday Honours Appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1953 Coronation Honours Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1958 Birthday Honours Promoted to Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1962 Birthday Honours In 1966, Charteris received the Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria Promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1972 Birthday Honours Promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1976 New Year Honours Promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath 11 August 1977 Appointed to the Queen's Service Order in the 1978 New Year Honours Created a Life Peer as Baron Charteris of Amisfield, of Amisfield in the District of East Lothian on 7 February 1978 Awarded the Royal Victorian Chain 7 July 1992 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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