Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (born 2 February 1949) is a British peer and businessman.
Early life
The son of the
Hon
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Colin John Buckmaster, a son of the 2nd Viscount, by his marriage to May Gibbon, Buckmaster was educated at
Charterhouse School
(God having given, I gave)
, established =
, closed =
, type = Public school Independent day and boarding school
, religion = Church of England
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,
Godalming
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, and
Clare College, Cambridge
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, graduating in 1970 with a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree and proceeding to
Master of Arts
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in 1974.
Career
Buckmaster has been Chief Executive Officer of
Avecia
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Group PLC since October 2005 and also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Products Group Ltd. He has been a Director of Avecia Group since May 2006 and also serves as a Director of Avecia Holdings PLC.
Family
He married Elizabeth Mary Mark, daughter of Norman Mark, on 26 July 1975 and has a son and two daughters;
# Hon. Clare May Buckmaster b. 1979
# Hon. Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster 1980–2023
# Hon. Nicola Mary Buckmaster b. 1986
Interests
Buckmaster is a Trustee of the Clare College Boat Club.
Societies & Clubs
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References
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1949 births
Living people
People educated at Charterhouse School
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
20th-century English businesspeople
21st-century English businesspeople
Adrian
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the m ...