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Timothy Laurence

Vice-Admiral Timothy James Hamilton Laurence CB

Order of the Bath

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MVO

Royal Victorian Order

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ADC(P)

Personal Aide-de-Camp

A Personal Aide-de-Camp to The Queen is a member of the British Royal Family with military rank who has been appointed one of the Sovereign's honorary military attendants....
CSM (born 1 March 1955) is the second husband of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal

The Princess Anne, Princess Royal is the only daughter of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third in the History of the British line of succession#George VI to the thrones of Commonwealth realm; however, after additions to the Royal Family, and an evolution of the Commo...
. Laurence was Equerry

Equerry

An equerry is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a Monarch, a member of a Royal Family, or a national representative....
to The Queen

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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from 1986 to 1989. He was born in Camberwell

Camberwell

Camberwell is a district of London, England and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located south east of Charing Cross....
, South London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, the son of Guy Stewart Laurence (a salesman for a marine-engine manufacturer) and Barbara Alison Laurence, née Symons.

ence was educated firstly at The New Beacon Preparatory School

The New Beacon Preparatory School

The New Beacon Preparatory School is a fee-paying Preparatory school , or prep school, located in Sevenoaks, Kent, United Kingdom, which caters both for day-boys and boarding school, in the age range 4-13....
and then at Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks School is an England coeducational and independent school located in the town of Sevenoaks, Kent. It is the oldest secular school in the United Kingdom, dating back to 1432....
, Kent

Kent

Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
, and the University of Durham on a Naval Scholarship, where he received a BSc

BSC

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upper 2nd class honours degree in geography

Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
.

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Vice-Admiral Timothy James Hamilton Laurence CB

Order of the Bath

Royal Victorian Order

Personal Aide-de-Camp

Anne, Princess Royal

Equerry

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Camberwell

Camberwell is a district of London, England and forms part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is a built-up inner city district located south east of Charing Cross....
, South London

London

Education

Laurence was educated firstly at The New Beacon Preparatory School

The New Beacon Preparatory School

Sevenoaks School

Sevenoaks School is an England coeducational and independent school located in the town of Sevenoaks, Kent. It is the oldest secular school in the United Kingdom, dating back to 1432....
, Kent

Kent

BSC

Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
. At university, he edited the student newspaper, Palatinate

Palatinate (newspaper)

Palatinate is the award-winning official student newspaper of Durham University and is one of Britain's oldest and best-known student publications, having celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2008....
, and was captain of his college cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
team. He was made a midshipman

Midshipman

A midshipman is a subordinate officer, an officer cadet, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navy of several English-speaking countries....
1 January 1973, and acting sub-lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant

Sub-Lieutenant is a military rank. It is normally a junior officer rank.In many navies, a sub-lieutenant is a naval commissioned officer or subordinate officer, ranking below a Lieutenant....
1 January 1975.

Naval career

Upon leaving Durham he completed his initial training at the Britannia Royal Naval College

Britannia Royal Naval College

Britannia Royal Naval College is the initial officer training establishment of the Royal Navy, located on a hill overlooking Dartmouth, Devon, Devon, England....
Dartmouth

Dartmouth, Devon

Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes....
, and was posted to HMS Aurora

HMS Aurora (F10)

HMS Aurora was a Leander class frigate frigate of the Royal Navy . Like other ships of the class, Aurora was named after a figure of mythology, Aurora being the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Eos....
, a Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
-based frigate

Frigate

A frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.In the 18th century, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship-of-the-line and were square rig on all three masts , but were faster and with lighter armament, used for patrolling and escort....
. He was promoted to lieutenant

Lieutenant

Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service, emergency medical services or police commissioned officer military rank.Lieutenant may also appear as part of a title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure....
10 months early, on 1 March 1977.

In 1978 he was attached to the training establishment HMS Vernon

HMS Vernon (shore establishment)

HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands....
and in the next year served on the minesweeper

Minesweeper (ship)

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations....
HMS Pollington.

Laurence served briefly as Navigating Officer of the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia

HMY Britannia

Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia is the former Royal Yacht of the British royal family, the 83rd such vessel since the restoration of Charles II of England in 1660....
, and 1980 to 1982 in the same role on the destroyer HMS Sheffield

HMS Sheffield (D80)

HMS Sheffield was the second Royal Navy ship to bear the name Sheffield, after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. She was a Type 42 destroyer Guided missile destroyer laid down by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness on 15 January 1970, launched on 10 June 1971 and commissioned on 16 February 1975....
. He took command of the patrol boat HMS Cygnet off Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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in 1982, as part of the patrols for IRA

Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army , is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army that fought in the Irish War of Independence....
gun-runners.

After attending HMS Dryad

HMS Dryad

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dryad, after the dryad of Greek mythology.* HMS Dryad was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1795, sent to harbour service in 1832, and broken up in 1860....
for a Principal Warfare Officer course, Laurence was promoted to lieutenant-commander (1 March 1985), and posted to the frigate HMS Alacrity

HMS Alacrity (F174)

HMS Alacrity was a Type 21 frigate frigate of the Royal Navy. Built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, she was completed with Exocet launchers in "B" position....
. In April 1986 he was appointed to his first staff post, as Equerry

Equerry

Commander

Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the military, particularly in police and law enforcement....
on 31 December 1988.

In October 1989 he was posted to the new frigate HMS Boxer

HMS Boxer (F92)

HMS Boxer was the first of the Batch 2 Type 22 frigate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned on 4 August 1999 and expended as a target in August 2004....
, and took over as Commanding Officer on 30 January 1990, at the age of 34.

In 1992-1994 Laurence was with the naval staff in the Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence is the Departments of the United Kingdom Government responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
, London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. On 16 May 1994 he was appointed the first Military Assistant

Military Assistant

In the British Armed Forces and those derived from them, an officer appointed to the personal office of a general officer. They are similar to aide-de-camp but generally have a more overtly administrative role....
to the Secretary of State for Defence

Secretary of State for Defence

The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government Political minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence . It is a Cabinet of the United Kingdom position....
(Malcolm Rifkind

Malcolm Rifkind

Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind Order of St Michael and St George Queen's Counsel is a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Kensington and Chelsea ....
), to provide military advice in his private office.

Laurence was promoted to captain

Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navy to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The Naval officer ranks#NATO Rank Codes is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
on 30 June 1995, and until 1996 was in command of the frigate HMS Cumberland

HMS Cumberland (F85)

HMS Cumberland is a Type 22 frigate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1986 and commissioned on 10 June 1989. The frigate was on station during the First Gulf War....
. In May 1996 the ship was back from the Adriatic, where HMS Cumberland served in the NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization , also called the Atlantic Alliance, is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949....
-led IFOR

IFOR

The Implementation Force was a NATO-led multinational force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour to implement the military Annexes of The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having taken over from UNPR...
. On 27 August 1996 Laurence took command of the frigate HMS Montrose

HMS Montrose (F236)

The second and current HMS Montrose is the eighth of a sixteen ship class of frigates, known as Type 23 frigate or the Duke class, of the Royal Navy....
, and was captain of Plymouth-based F6, a squadron

Squadron

A squadron is a small military unit or formation of cavalry, Armoured forces, aircraft , or warships....
of five frigates. Until October 1996 the ship was in the South Atlantic, on Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located from the coast of Argentina, west of the Shag Rocks , and north of the British Antarctic Territory ....
patrol.

From 15 July 1997 Laurence was again in the Ministry of Defence, London

London

Strategic Defence Review

The Strategic Defence Review was a British policy document produced by the British Labour Party Government that came to power in 1997. Then Secretary of State for Defence, George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, set out the initial defence policy of the new government, with a series of key decisions designed to enhance the United Ki...
implementation team.

Later career

In 1998 and 1999 Laurence was Hudson Visiting Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
. He was then posted to the Joint Services Command and Staff College

Joint Services Command and Staff College

Joint Services Command and Staff College is a United Kingdom military academic establishment providing training and education to experienced officers of the Royal Navy, British Army, Royal Air Force, Ministry of Defence and serving Officers of other states....
as a Commodore

Commodore (Royal Navy)

Commodore is a rank of the Royal Navy above Captain and below Rear Admiral. It is equivalent to a 1 star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-6....
, as Assistant Commandant (Navy), effective 15 June 1999.

From 2001 to the spring of 2004 he was back at the Ministry of Defence, as Director of Navy Resources and Programmes.

Laurence was promoted to Rear-Admiral, and made Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Resources and Plans) July 2004. On 30 April 2007 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral, and made Chief Executive of Defence Estates

Defence Estates

Defence Estates is an executive agency of the Ministry of Defence , in the United Kingdom, which is responsible for the built and rural estate....
.

Marriage

He met Princess Anne

Anne, Princess Royal

Equerry

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Mark Phillips

Mark Anthony Peter Phillips, Royal Victorian Order, Personal Aide-de-Camp is a former Olympic Games gold-medal-winning horseman and first husband of Anne, Princess Royal....
broke down. Commander Laurence and Anne were married in December 1992 in a Church of Scotland

Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland , known informally by its Scots language name, The Kirk, is the national church of Scotland. It is a Presbyterianism church , decisively shaped by the Scottish Reformation....
ceremony at Crathie Parish Church, Ballater

Ballater

Ballater is a burgh in Aberdeenshire , Scotland on the River Dee, Aberdeenshire, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains. Situated at a height of 123m in elevation, Ballater is a centre for hiking and is known for its spring , once said to cure scrofula....
, near Balmoral

Balmoral Castle

Balmoral Castle is a large estate house situated in the area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known as Royal Deeside. The estate was purchased by Victoria of the United Kingdom Prince Consort Albert, Prince Consort, and remains a favourite summer palace....
, the Church of Scotland permitting the remarriage of divorced people.

He received no peerage

Peerage

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on their marriage. Princess Anne retained her country estate, Gatcombe Park

Gatcombe Park

Gatcombe Park is the private country home of Anne, Princess Royal, situated in England between the Gloucestershire villages of Minchinhampton and Avening, five miles south of Stroud, Gloucestershire and around six miles north of Highgrove, the country residence of Charles, Prince of Wales....
in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a Counties of England in South West England England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
, after her divorce, but when they first married she and Laurence leased as their London

London

Dolphin Square

Dolphin Square is a block of private apartments built near the River Thames at Pimlico in London, between 1935 in architecture and 1937 in architecture....
complex in Westminster

Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
. This experiment was later ended and they returned to apartments in Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal entertaining, and a major tourist attraction....
.

Honours

MVO: Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a House Order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms. Created by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on 21 April 1896, with the motto Victoria and 20 June as the official day, the order was established to recognise those who have served the monarch with distinction, each be...
, 1989
Campaign Service Medal with the Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
bar, 1982
Mentioned in Dispatches
Mentioned in Dispatches

Mentioned in Despatches is a military award for gallantry or otherwise commendable service.A despatch is an official report from a senior commander, usually of an army, to his superiors, detailing the conduct of military operations....
, 1982
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

The Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal was a commemorative medal struck by the Royal Canadian Mint to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II#Canada as Monarchy of Canada....
, 2002
ADC(P): Personal Aide-de-Camp
Personal Aide-de-Camp

A Personal Aide-de-Camp to The Queen is a member of the British Royal Family with military rank who has been appointed one of the Sovereign's honorary military attendants....
to the Queen, 1 August 2004
CB: Companion of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
(Military Division), 16 June 2007

CSM: Companion of the Order of the Star of Melanesia, 2005

Styles

Mr Timothy Laurence (1955–1973)
Midshipman Timothy Laurence (1973–1975)
Acting Sub-Lieutenant Timothy Laurence (1975–1977)
Lieutenant Timothy Laurence (1977–1985)
Lieutenant-Commander Timothy Laurence (1985–1988)
Commander Timothy Laurence (1988–1989)
Commander Timothy Laurence MVO (1989–1995)
Captain Timothy Laurence MVO (1995–1999)
Commodore Timothy Laurence MVO (1999–2004)
Rear-Admiral Timothy Laurence MVO (2004)
Rear-Admiral Timothy Laurence MVO ADC(P) (2004–2005)
Rear-Admiral Timothy Laurence MVO ADC(P) CSM (2005–2007)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence MVO ADC(P) CSM (2007)
Vice-Admiral Timothy Laurence CB MVO ADC(P) CSM (2007–)