Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster was born on 2 February 1949. He is the son of Hon. Colin John Buckmaster and May Gibbon.

Education

Adrian Charles Buckmaster was educated at Charterhouse School

Charterhouse School

Charterhouse School, originally The Hospital of King James and Thomas Sutton in Charterhouse, or more simply Charterhouse or House, is an English collegiate independent boarding school situated at Godalming in Surrey.Founded by Thomas Sutton in London in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian...

, Godalming

Godalming

Godalming is a town and civil parish in the Waverley district of the county of Surrey, England, south of Guildford. It is built on the banks of the River Wey and is a prosperous part of the London commuter belt. Godalming shares a three-way twinning arrangement with the towns of Joigny in France...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

, England

England

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. He graduated from Clare College, Cambridge

Cambridge

The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...

, England, in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts

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...

 (B.A.) and in 1974 with a Master of Arts.

Career

Adrian Buckmaster has been Chief Executive Officer of Avecia

Avecia

Avecia is a privately owned group of biotechnology companies with recognised leading positions in process development and manufacture of biological and oligonucleotide pharmaceuticals, with their international headquarters in Blackley, Manchester, United Kingdom.The group's Biologics business,...

Group plc since October 2005 and also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Products Group Ltd. Lord Buckmaster has been Director of Avecia Group PLC since May 2006. He also serves as Director of Avecia Holdings Plc.

Family

He married Elizabeth Mary Mark, daughter of Norman Mark, on 26 July 1975 and has a son and two daughters;

1. Hon. Clare May Buckmaster b. 1 June 1979
2. Hon. Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster b. 1980
3. Hon. Nicola Mary Buckmaster b. 1986