Sir Andrew Piers Wingate Akin-Sneath Rodgers, 3rd Baronet (born 24 October 1944), was secretary of the

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from 1982 to 1996. He was born on 24 October 1944 in Oxford, the son of the Conservative Party politician

Sir John Rodgers, 1st Baronet Sir John Charles Rodgers, 1st Baronet (5 October 1906 – 29 March 1993), was a British Conservative politician. Rodgers was educated at St Peter's School, York, and in France and Oxford. He became a scholar in modern history at Oxford and sub ...

(1906–1993), and his wife, Betsy Aikin-Sneath. He was educated at Eton and

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. In 1996, he was succeeded by David Gordon, the former chief executive of

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(ITN) and the Economist Group, as secretary of the Royal Academy. He is respected within the art world for his conservation work with

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, and his positive influence during twelve years of employment at the Royal Academy. He is currently married to Ilona, Lady Rodgers, and has four children: Thomas Rodgers (heir to the baronetcy) and Augustus Rodgers both with his former wife; and Hermione Rodgers and Anna-Laetitia Rodgers with Ilona.

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