Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes explained

Honorific-Prefix:Lieutenant Commander The Right Honourable
The Lord Geddes
Office1:Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
Term Start1:9 December 2002
Office2:Member of the House of Lords
Status2:Lord Temporal
Term Label2:as a hereditary peer
Term Start2:20 March 1975
Term End2:11 November 1999
Predecessor2:The 2nd Baron Geddes
Successor2:Seat abolished
Term Label3:as an elected hereditary peer
Term Start3:11 November 1999
1Blankname3:Election
1Namedata3:1999
Predecessor3:Seat established
Birth Date:3 September 1937
Party:Conservative
Education:Rugby School
Alma Mater:Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Harvard Business School
Spouse:

    Euan Michael Ross Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes (born 3 September 1937) is a British Conservative peer and politician and current deputy speaker of the House of Lords.

    Early life and education

    Geddes is the son of the 2nd Baron Geddes and the former Enid Mary Butler, only child of Clarence Henry Butler, of Tenterden.

    He was educated at Rugby School, then an all-boys public school (i.e. an independent boarding school) in Warwickshire. He studied history at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1961; as per tradition, his BA was later promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree. He was further educated at Harvard Business School in 1969.[1]

    Career

    Military service

    Geddes served in the Royal Navy from 1956 to 1958. On 3 September 1958, he transferred to the Supply Branch of of the Royal Naval Reserve with the rank of sub lieutenant. He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 September 1961, and to lieutenant-commander on 3 September 1969. He was placed on the retired list on 30 November 1971.

    Civilian career

    Geddes was development manager, P&O Bulk Shipping. He was deputy manager of P&O Asia (Hong Kong) between 1975 and 1977. Since 1992, he has been chair of the Trinity College, London and since 2000 of Chrome Castle Ltd. He is further director of the Trinity College of Music.

    House of Lords

    He succeeded to his father's title, Baron Geddes, in 1975.

    He is one of the ninety hereditary peers selected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. Since 2002, Lord Geddes has been a deputy speaker of the House of Lords.[2]

    Personal life

    Lord Geddes has been married twice, first to Gillian Butler in 1966 and, after her death in 1995, to Susan Margaret Carter in 1996. He has two children by his first wife, one daughter and one son, his heir James George Neil Geddes.

    Literature

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Geddes, 3rd Baron, (Euan Michael Ross Geddes) (born 3 Sept. 1937) . . Oxford University Press . 20 August 2024 . en . 1 December 2023.
    2. Web site: Contact information for Lord Geddes - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament . members.parliament.uk . 28 September 2021 . en.