Sir Christopher Geidt

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Sir Christopher Geidt is a British civil servant and former diplomat best known for serving as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II and later as the UK government’s Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British civil servant
diplomat
human
life peer
appointedBy Elizabeth II
appointedBy (Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests) Boris Johnson
awardReceived Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1961-08-17
educatedAt Dragon School
King’s College London
Magdalene College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
St Mary's School, Ascot
surface form: St Mary’s School, Ascot

Trinity College, Cambridge
Wellington College
employer Royal Household of the United Kingdom
UK government
surface form: UK Government
endTime 2017-07-31
endTime (Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests) 2022-06
familyName Geidt
givenName Christopher
honorificPrefix Sir
memberOf Conservative Party (UK)
House of Lords
militaryService Scots Guards
monarchServed Elizabeth II
name Christopher Geidt NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Baron Geidt
occupation civil servant
courtier
diplomat
officeHeldFor Royal Household of the United Kingdom
surface form: Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Marylebone
positionHeld Private Secretary to the Sovereign
surface form: Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II

Chair of the Council of King’s College London
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
surface form: Deputy Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II

Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests
Member of the House of Lords
Lord-in-waiting
surface form: Permanent Lord-in-Waiting

Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
precededBy Sir Robin Janvrin
reasonForResignation concerns over UK government conduct and ministerial code issues
startTime 2007-09-01
startTime (Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests) 2021-04
succeededBy Edward Young
title Baron Geidt, of Crobeg in the County of Ross and Cromarty

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