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Adeane was a maternal grandson of Lord Stamfordham and was educated at Eton and graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1934 with a Master Of Arts degree. He then travelled to Canada and was Aide-de-camp to Lord Bessborough from 1934 to 1934 and then to his successor, Lord Tweedsmuir until 1936 . Adeane then returned to England and became George VI's Assistant Private Secretary from 1936 , a post he held until the latter's death in 1952 . He continued in that post for Queen Elizabeth until 1953 when he was promoted to Private Secretary and admitted to the Privy Council . In 1972 , Adeane was given a life peerage as Baron Adeane, of Babraham, co. Cambridge. His son, the Hon. Edward Adeane , CVO , a noted barrister, was Private Secretary to the Prince Of Wales 1979-1985. |
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