Clive Alderton
Clive Alderton | |
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| Born | 9 May 1967 |
Clive Alderton CVO (born 9 May 1967) is a British diplomat and courtier who was appointed Principal Private Secretary to Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall on 5 February 2015.[1]
Education
Alderton was educated at Abingdon School.[2]
Previous career
He joined the Foreign Office in 1986, and subsequently served in various diplomatic posts in Poland, Belgium (European Union), Singapore and France. In 2006, he was appointed Deputy Private Secretary to Prince Charles and his wife, and was promoted to the rank of Private Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to Their Royal Highnesses in 2009. In 2012, he took up an appointment as ambassador to Morocco and simultaneously non-resident ambassador to Mauritania.[3]
Alderton was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in the 2013 New Year Honours[4] and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 2019 Birthday Honours.[5]
Alderton is also a Trustee of the Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Mr Clive Alderton L.V.O., Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, appointed as Principal Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall". Official Website of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Library" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania". Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2016., British Embassy Rabat, 18 April 2012
- ^ The United Kingdom:"No. 60367". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 28 December 2012. pp. 1–28.
- ^ "No. 62666". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 2019. p. B2.
- ^ "The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund". Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund.