Timothy Laurence
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence KCVO, CB, ADC (P) CSM (born 1 March 1955 in Camberwell London) is the second husband of Princess Anne, the daughter of the British Queen Elizabeth II is the son of Guy Stewart Laurence Alison and Barbara Laurence, born Symons.
Youth
Timothy Laurence first attended the New Beacon School, then the Sevenoaks School, both in Kent. After that he went with a Navy scholarship to the University of Durham, where he edited the student newspaper Palatinate and was captain of the cricket team. On January 1, 1973, he was promoted to midshipman on 1 January 1975 in the officer rank of Acting Sub - Lieutenant.
Career in the Navy
After completing his studies Laurence attended the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon. Due to its special qualifications he turned ten months earlier than usual promoted on March 1, 1977 Lieutenant.
In the following years he served as a navigation officer briefly on the Britannia, and then on the destroyer HMS Sheffield. In 1985, he was ordered to the frigate HMS Alacrity, when he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. In 1986 he then moved to the post of aide- de-camp to Queen Elizabeth. On 31 December 1988, the transport was followed by the Commander.
He was transferred to the frigate HMS Boxer, whose commander he was in the next year. In 1992, he joined the Ministry of Defence and two years later became Military Assistant to the Defense Minister Malcolm Rifkind.
1995 Laurence was promoted to captain and commander of the frigate HMS Cumberland. He then moved to the frigate HMS Montrose and took over the following year command of a flotilla of five frigates.
The next post was in turn a rod use in the Ministry of Defence. 1998/99 Laurence completed a year of studies at St Antony's College, University of Oxford. Simultaneously with the promotion to commodore, he was transferred to the Joint Services Command and Staff College.
In 2001 he re- use in the Ministry of Defence. Three years later, Laurence was promoted to Rear- Admiral. Since 2007 he is responsible for the management of all military property in the UK with the rank of Vice Admiral. In 2011 he retired.
Marriage and Marriage
Laurence was 1986-1989 equerry at the court of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne learned in that time know whose marriage broke up with Mark Phillips. Laurence and Anne were married in December 1992 in Ballater near Balmoral Castle according to the rites of the Church of Scotland, which even then permitted the remarriage of divorcees.
He was not given a title of nobility by marriage. Princess Anne kept her country seat Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, but moved temporarily with Laurence in an apartment in London, to pull with him later in the Buckingham Palace.
Honors
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- Timothy Laurence at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Admiral ( Royal Navy )
- Companion of the Order of the Bath
- Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Briton
- Born in 1955
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