The Lord Moore of Wolvercote | |
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| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
| In office 12 November 1977 – 1 April 1986 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Sir William Heseltine |
| Preceded by | SirMartin Charteris |
| Succeeded by | SirWilliam Heseltine |
| Member of theHouse of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 22 July 1986 – 7 April 2009 Life Peerage | |
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| Born | Philip Brian Cecil Moore (1921-04-06)6 April 1921 |
| Died | 7 April 2009(2009-04-07) (aged 88) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Philip Brian Cecil Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote (6 April 1921 – 7 April 2009) wasPrivate Secretary to QueenElizabeth II of the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1986.
He was educated at theDragon School,Cheltenham College, thenBrasenose College, Oxford, and served inRAF Bomber Command duringWorld War II. He played one match for theEngland international rugby union team, againstWales in the1951 Five Nations Championship.[1][2]
Moore was then Private Secretary from 1957 to 1958, to the10th Earl of Selkirk in the latter's capacity asFirst Lord of the Admiralty. He was Deputy British High Commissioner (and acting HC) in Singapore, 1963–65, and back in the UK, Chief of Public Relations of the Ministry of Defence 1965–66.[3] He was then Assistant Private Secretary to QueenElizabeth II from 1966 to 1972, then as Deputy until 1977 and asPrivate Secretary to the Sovereign until 1986. On his retirement in 1986, he was createdBaron Moore of Wolvercote, ofWolvercote in theCity of Oxford[4] and he lived in agrace and favour apartment inHampton Court Palace. He received the honour of being made a Permanent Lord in Waiting.[5][6]
His former son-in-law is the singerPeter Gabriel and singerMelanie Gabriel his granddaughter. His wife Joanna died in 2011 aged 86.
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