Major-General
Peter Grant Peterkin
CB OBE
Serjeant-at-Arms
of the British House of Commons
In office
31 December 2004 – 24 June 2007
SpeakerMichael Martin
Preceded bySir Michael Cummins
Succeeded byJill Pay
Personal details
Born (1947-07-06) 6 July 1947
NationalityBritish
Alma materDurham University
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service British Army
Years of service1967-2004
RankMajor-General
Commands24th Airmobile Brigade
5th Division
Battles/warsKosovo War

Major-General Anthony Peter Grant Peterkin CB OBE (born 6 July 1947) is a retired senior British Army officer. He was the British House of Commons' Serjeant at Arms between 2004 and 2007.

Early life

Grant Peterkin was born on 6 July 1947.[1] He is the son of the late Brigadier James Grant Peterkin, DSO and his wife Dorothea Grant Peterkin. He was educated at Ampleforth College, then an all-boys private school in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire.[2]

Military career

Having graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Grant Peterkin was commissioned into the Queen's Own Highlanders on 28 July 1967 as a second lieutenant. He was given the service number 483916.[3] In 1968, he was selected for an in-service degree and began studying history at Durham University.[4] He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 January 1969.[5] He graduated from Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1971.[2] He was a member of Hatfield College during his studies.[6] He was promoted to captain on 28 July 1973.[7] Between 1973 and 1974, he served as aide-de-camp to the Chief of the General Staff, then General Sir Peter Hunt.[2] He was promoted to major on 31 December 1979,[8] and then attended the Indian Staff College in 1980.[2] Following this experience he rejoined the 1st Battalion of the Queen's Own Highlanders in Hong Kong and later took them to the Falkland Islands in the aftermath of the Falklands War.[9]

After a posting at the Ministry of Defence he attended the Australian Joint Services Staff College in 1986,[2] and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1986 with seniority in that rank from 30 June 1986.[10] He was appointed commanding officer of 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Highlanders in 1987. Then, from 1989 to 1991, he was Military Assistant to the Military Secretary.[2] In the aftermath of the Gulf War he joined the United Nations Iraq–Kuwait Observation Mission, heading the British contingent of border observers.[9] He was appointed Commander 24th Airmobile Brigade in 1993[11] and then became Deputy Military Secretary in 1996.[11]

In 1999 he went on a mission, arranged by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, to Kosovo[11] and then later that year he was appointed the senior Army representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.[12] In October 1999 he became General Officer Commanding 5th Division.[13] He became Military Secretary in 2000 before retiring in 2004.[14]

Later life

He was appointed Serjeant at Arms in 2004. His contract was not renewed in 2007 after suggestions of a falling out with Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons.[15]

Personal life

In 1974, Grant Peterkin married Joanna Young, daughter of Sir Brian Young. Together, they have had two children; one son and one daughter. He is now a grandfather of 3.[2]

Honours and decorations

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Grant Peterkin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).[16] In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB).[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Maj-Gen Peter Grant Peterkin, CB, OBE". People of Today Online. Debrett's. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "GRANT PETERKIN, Maj. Gen. (Anthony) Peter". Who's Who 2013. A & C Black. November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "No. 44435". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 October 1967. pp. 11533–11534.
  4. ↑ "Peter Grant Peterkin". LinkedIn. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "No. 44774". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 January 1969. p. 996.
  6. ↑ "Durham University gazette, XVIII (ns), supplement". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "No. 46051". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 August 1973. p. 9715.
  8. ↑ "No. 48080". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 January 1980. p. 1439.
  9. 1 2 "Forres officer joins UN observer force". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 20 April 1991. p. 8.
  10. ↑ "No. 50799". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 January 1987. p. 450.
  11. 1 2 3 Debrett's People of Today
  12. ↑ "No. 55385". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 January 1999. p. 883.
  13. ↑ "No. 55735". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 January 2000. p. 463.
  14. ↑ "No. 57175". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 January 2004. p. 381.
  15. ↑ Watts, Robert (24 June 2007). "Serjeant at Arms given marching orders". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "No. 52382". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1990. p. 5.
  17. ↑ "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 2.
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