Philip Brian Cecil Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote (6 April 1921 – 7 April 2009) was Private Secretary to Queen
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...
of the United Kingdom from 1977 to 1986.
He was educated at the
Dragon School
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,
Cheltenham College
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, then
Brasenose College, Oxford
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, and served in
RAF Bomber Command
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during
World War II
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. He played one match for the international rugby union team, against in the
1951 Five Nations Championship
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.
Moore was then Private Secretary from 1957 to 1958, to the 10th Earl of Selkirk in the latter's capacity as
First Lord of the Admiralty
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. He was Deputy British High Commissioner (and acting HC) in Singapore, 1963–65, and back in the UK, Chief of Public Relations of the Ministry of Defence 1965–66. He was then Assistant Private Secretary to Queen
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. ...
from 1966 to 1972, then as Deputy until 1977 and as
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
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until 1986. On his retirement in 1986, he was created Baron Moore of Wolvercote, of
Wolvercote
Wolvercote is a village in the Oxford district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about northwest of the city centre, on the northern edge of Wolvercote Common, which is itself north of Port Meadow and adjoins the River Thames.
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in the
City of Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every ...
and he lived in a
grace and favour
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Usage of the term is chief ...
apartment in
Hampton Court Palace
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. He received the honour of being made a Permanent Lord in Waiting.he Times, UK, 12 November 1977/ref>
His former son-in-law is the singer
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...