Adam Wise
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Group Captain
Adam N Wise LVO
MBE
RAF
(1943–2008), was Private Secretary and Equerry to Prince Andrew
and Prince Edward
from 1983 to 1987.
Wise was born in 1943 and educated at university (receiving a BA
), and the RAF College Cranwell. He became a pilot in the Royal Air Force
, and qualified as a First Class Interpreter, and attended the Joint Service Defence College
.
As a Squadron Leader
he was Equerry to The Queen 1980–1983. He was then appointed Private Secretary
and Equerry
to Prince Andrew and Prince Edward 24 October 1983. On 1 July 1984 he was promoted to Wing Commander
.
On 16 December 1983 he married Jill Amabel Alington, daughter of Cyril Geoffrey Marmaduke Alington of Swinhope, Lincs, and Helen Amabel née Westmacott, with whom he had two children, Sophia Katherine Cassandra and Alexander Geoffrey Roy.
From 30 March 1988 he was on the staff of the RAF College, Cranwell
, and on 17 November 1989 became Director of the University Air Squadrons. He was promoted to Group Captain
1 July 1990, and became Station Commander RAF Benson
. By 1992 he was Aide-de-Camp
to The Queen.
Served as Military and Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Madrid, Spain, from 1993 to 1997.
Died 14 February 2008
Group Captain
Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above wing commander and immediately below air commodore...
Adam N Wise LVO
Royal Victorian Order
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MBE
Order of the British Empire
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RAF
Royal Air Force
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(1943–2008), was Private Secretary and Equerry to Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
and Prince Edward
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is the third son and fourth child of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh...
from 1983 to 1987.
Wise was born in 1943 and educated at university (receiving a BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
), and the RAF College Cranwell. He became a pilot in the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
, and qualified as a First Class Interpreter, and attended the Joint Service Defence College
Joint Service Defence College
The Joint Service Defence College was a training academy for British military personnel in the period from 1983 to 1997. It has now been amalgamated into the Joint Services Command and Staff College.-History:...
.
As a Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader
Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence. It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. In these...
he was Equerry to The Queen 1980–1983. He was then appointed Private Secretary
Private Secretary
In the United Kingdom government, a Private Secretary is a civil servant in a Department or Ministry, responsible to the Secretary of State or Minister...
and Equerry
Equerry
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to Prince Andrew and Prince Edward 24 October 1983. On 1 July 1984 he was promoted to Wing Commander
Wing Commander (rank)
Wing commander is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries...
.
On 16 December 1983 he married Jill Amabel Alington, daughter of Cyril Geoffrey Marmaduke Alington of Swinhope, Lincs, and Helen Amabel née Westmacott, with whom he had two children, Sophia Katherine Cassandra and Alexander Geoffrey Roy.
From 30 March 1988 he was on the staff of the RAF College, Cranwell
RAF Cranwell
RAF Cranwell is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire close to the village of Cranwell, near Sleaford. It is currently commanded by Group Captain Dave Waddington...
, and on 17 November 1989 became Director of the University Air Squadrons. He was promoted to Group Captain
Group Captain
Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks above wing commander and immediately below air commodore...
1 July 1990, and became Station Commander RAF Benson
RAF Benson
RAF Benson is a Royal Air Force station near Benson in South Oxfordshire, England. It is home to the Royal Air Force's support helicopters, the Aérospatiale Puma and the EH-101 Merlin, known as the Puma HC.Mk 1 and the Merlin HC.Mk 3 and Mk 3a....
. By 1992 he was Aide-de-Camp
Aide-de-camp
An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...
to The Queen.
Served as Military and Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Madrid, Spain, from 1993 to 1997.
Died 14 February 2008