Timothy Garden, Baron Garden

Timothy Garden, Baron Garden, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden KCB milling FRUSI FCGI ( born April 23 1944 † 9 August 2007) was a British Air Marshal of the Royal Air Force and politician of the Liberal Democrats, who from 2004 to was his death as a life peer member of the House of Lords.

Life

Study and an officer in the RAF

After visiting the King's School Worcester Garden began studying physics at St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, where he graduated in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) and in 1967 with a Master of Arts ( MA). Already during his studies he joined as Acting Pilot Officer on 22 September 1963 in the Royal Air Force and he went through after a pilot training in the course on October 23, 1966 Captain (Flight Lieutenant) was promoted. In April 1968 he was a pilot of an English Electric Canberra jet fighter to No. Added 3 Squadron RAF after Laarbruch and served there until December 1971. Having completed between December 1971 and July 1972, the Central Flying School ( Central Flying School) in Little Rissington, he was used as a trainer on the training aircraft of type BAC Jet Provost at the 3 flight Training School ( flying Training School) in Leeming.

After his promotion to Major ( Squadron Leader ) on 1 July 1973 he was in October 1973 Season - Kommander in the first flight training school in Linton-on - Ouse and then completed from January to December 1976, the General Staff School in Camberley. After its completion, he was a staff officer for personnel matters, before he after his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel ( Wing Commander) on 1 January 1979 in July 1979, Commanding Officer of No.. 50 Squadron RAF. Then he began in June 1981 to study at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, which he finished in 1982 with a Master of Philosophy ( M.Phil. ).

On 1 August 1982 Garden Acting Group Captain, and as such was shortly afterwards Director of Defence Studies at the RAF Staff College in Bracknell, where he also promoted to colonel ( Group Captain ) was promoted on 1 July 1984. After 1987 he was Commanding Officer of the military airfield RAF Odiham between November 1985 and November, he became the deputy director for defense programs in the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom.

Ascent to Air Marshal

In Defense Garden was promoted in 1988 Director at the General Staff of the Air Force and, as such, on 1 January 1989 to the Air Commodore in July. After his promotion to Major General (Air Vice Marshal ) on 1 January 1991, he was on 15 March 1991 as the successor of Air Vice Marshal John Thomson Deputy Chief of Air Staff ( Assistant Chief of the Air Staff ) and was as such until 1 August 1992 responsible for policy and operations of the Air Force. During this time he was appointed on 31 December 1991 Companion of the Order of the Bath.

On August 1, 1992 Garden was the successor of TPJ Boyd - Carpenter Assistant to the Chief of the Defence Staff ( Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff ) for defense programs, while Anthony Bagnall became his successor as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.

After his promotion to Air Marshal on 21 March 1994 Garden was on April 1, 1994 by John Coward successor as commander of the Royal College of Defence Studies ( RCDS ) and held this post until his premature retirement on 23 April 1996. dortiger His successor was Lieutenant General Scott Grant. During this time he was on June 11, 1994 Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and led him to participate in the additional name "Sir". In addition, he was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1994 and 1996 at the Royal United Services Institute, as well as Honorary Fellow of Catherine 's College.

House of Lords member

After his retirement from active military service, he became director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House and took a professorship at the Centre for Defence Studies, King's College London. In 1997 he was Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators ( Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators) and in 2003 a Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute.

By Letters Patent of 3 June 2004 Garden was raised as a life peer with the title Baron Garden, of Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden to the peerage. Shortly afterwards, was on 9 June 2004 his Introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. In the upper house he belongs to the Group of the Liberal Democrats. During his membership in the House of Lords he was defense policy from May 2005 until his death, spokesman of his group.