Nicolas Clark Adamson
CVO OBE
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(born 5 September 1938) was Private Secretary to
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
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from 1993 to 2011.
Career
Adamson joined the
RAF in 1959 and served in various fighter squadrons based in the
United Kingdom
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and the Middle East (1960–65). After becoming a
Flight Lieutenant in 1962, he was later chosen as an ''
aide-de-camp'' to the
CDS
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Finance
* Canadian Depository for Securities, Canadian post-trade financial services company
* Certificate of deposit (CDs)
* Counterfeit Deterrence System, developed by the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence ...
(1967–69). In 1969, he was seconded to diplomatic service before moving to his recent role in the
Royal Household. He is a Fellow of the
Royal Aeronautical Society
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.
References
1938 births
Living people
English people of Scottish descent
People from Cumbria
People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century Royal Air Force personnel
Military personnel from Cumbria
Royal Air Force officers
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