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Captain Sir Alastair Sturgis Aird GCVO (14 January 1931 – 30 September 2009[1]) was a British royal courtier.

Biography[edit]

Aird was the second son of Colonel Malcolm Henry Aird O.B.E. (1899–1965), of the 9th Lancers, who, as son of Malcolm Rucker Aird, was a grandson of Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet, and his wife Joan Meredith, née Sturgis.[2][3] He was educated at Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire,[4] Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before joining The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers in 1951.

From 1960 to 1964, he was a Temporary Equerry to the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and then her Assistant Private Secretary and Extra Equerry from 1964 to 1973, Comptroller from 1974 to 2002 and Private Secretary and Equerry from 1993 to 2002. After the Queen Mother's death in 2002, Sir Alastair was made an Extra Equerry to Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.

On 22 July 1963, he married Fiona Violet (née Myddelton) LVO, who was an Extra Lady-in-WaitingtoPrincess Margaret from 1960 to 2002. The couple lived in Dorset and had two daughters. The elder, Caroline, is a god-child of Princess Margaret.[citation needed]

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Obituary, Daily Telegraph, 1 October 2009
  • ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. I, p. 58
  • ^ "Sir Alastair Aird".
  • ^ "Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park".
  • ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 44863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1969. p. 5964.
  • ^ United Kingdom: "No. 47102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1976. p. 4.
  • ^ "1984 Birthday Honours". The London Gazette. 16 June 1984.
  • ^ "New Year Honours List 1997". The London Gazette. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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