Peter Richard Buckley
Lieutenant commander (Royal Navy), Lieutenant-Commander Sir Peter Richard Buckley, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, KCVO, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, FRGS (31 January 1928 – 31 January 2022) was a British Royal Navy officer and courtier. He entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1945 and served until retiring in 1961 with the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. That year, he joined the household of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Katharine, Duchess of Kent, as their Private Secretary, serving until retirement in 1989."Buckley, Lt-Comdr Sir (Peter) Richard"
''Who's Who (UK), Who's Who'' (online ed., Oxford University Press, December 2018). Retrieved 13 June 2019. Buckley was appointed a Member (Fourth Class) of the Royal Victorian Order in 1968 Birth ...
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Lieutenant Commander (Royal Navy)
Lieutenant Commander (often abbreviated Lt Cdr) is a senior officer rank in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is immediately junior to commander and immediately senior to the naval rank of lieutenant. The equivalent rank in the British Army and Royal Marines is major; and in the Royal Air Force, it is squadron leader. History Originally having fewer officer ranks than the Army, the Navy previously split some of its ranks by seniority (time in rank) to provide equivalence: hence a lieutenant with fewer than eight years seniority wore two stripes and ranked with an army captain; a lieutenant of eight years or more wore two stripes with a thinner one in between, and ranked with a major. This distinction was abolished when the rank of lieutenant commander was introduced in March 1914, although promotion to that rank remained automatic following eight years seniority in the rank of lieutenant. Automatic promotion was stopped with the introduction of ‘Pay2000’ and promoti ...
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