Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...

 Sir Christopher Douglas Bonham-Carter, GCVO

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...

, CB

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...

 (1907 – 3 June 1975) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer and Treasurer

Treasurer

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 to the Duke of Edinburgh 1959-1970.

Bonham-Carter was educated at Elstree School

Elstree School

Elstree School is an English preparatory school based in Woolhampton, near Reading in Berkshire.-1848-1938 in Elstree, Herts:As its name suggests, the school was originally founded in 1848 in Elstree, Hertfordshire, at Hill House on Elstree Hill, an 18th-century Grade II Listed Building...

 and 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, England. While Royal Naval officer training has taken place in the town since 1863, the buildings which are seen today were only finished in 1905, and...

, Dartmouth

Dartmouth, Devon

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. He entered the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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, becoming a captain

Captain (Royal Navy)

Captain is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy. It ranks above Commander and below Commodore and has a NATO ranking code of OF-5. The rank is equivalent to a Colonel in the British Army or Royal Marines and to a Group Captain in the Royal Air Force. The rank of Group Captain is based on the...

 in 1948, and rear-admiral in 1957.

He was mentioned in despatches in 1943. From 1949-1951 he was in command 2nd Frigate

Frigate

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 Flotilla

Flotilla

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, and then was Naval Attache in Rome 1951 to 1953. After spending 1953 to 1955 at the Admiralty

Admiralty

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 he became Commanding Officer of HMS Glasgow

HMS Glasgow

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 in 1955 and 1956. His last posting was as Chief of Staff Mediterranean (1957-1959).

In 1959 Bonham-Carter joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh as Treasurer

Treasurer

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 to the Duke of Edinburgh. In 1970 he was appointed Private Secretary

Private Secretary

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, and retired from both positions at the end of that year. In 1961 during a Royal visit to Nepal

Nepal

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 he was credited with a share a tiger kill with Sir Michael Adeane

Michael Adeane, Baron Adeane

Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Edward Adeane, Baron Adeane, GCB, GCVO, PC , was Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II during the first twenty years of her reign....

 in a royal tiger hunt. The tiger shooting role had fallen to him after the Queen had declined, the Duke of Edinburgh had been unable to shoot due to having his trigger finger in a splint and the then Foreign Secretary

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

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 Alec Douglas-Home

Alec Douglas-Home

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 had missed twice.

He was appointed Extra Equerry

Equerry

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 in 1970. From 1971 until his death he was also Secretary and Registrar of the Order of Merit

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit is a British dynastic order recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture...

.

Bonham-Carter was made a CB

Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...

 in 1959, and a CVO

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...

 in 1962. He was advanced to KCVO

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a house order of chivalry recognising distinguished personal service to the order's Sovereign, the reigning monarch of the Commonwealth realms, any members of her family, or any of her viceroys...

 in 1968, and GCVO in 1970.