Background
Greysteil, Alexander Patrick was born on November 26, 1939 in Dublin. Son of Patrick Hore-Ruthven and Pamela Fletcher.
Greysteil, Alexander Patrick was born on November 26, 1939 in Dublin. Son of Patrick Hore-Ruthven and Pamela Fletcher.
Student, Eton College, Balliol College, 1959-1962; Student, University of Oxford, 1959-1962.
Assistant professor Emerson College, Boston, 1967-1968. Lecturer University College, London, 1969-1972. United Kingdom delegate to United Nations, 1971.
Lord-in-Waiting to Her Majesty the Queen and Government Whip, House of Lords, England, 1974-1979. Minister of State Department Employment, 1979-1981. Minister of State and Department to Secretary of State Northern Ireland Office, 1981-1983.
Minister for Arts, 1983-1985. Joined Cabinet/Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1984-1985. Visiting lecturer in poetry State University of New York, Buffalo, 1963-1964.
Fellow and tutor, Harvard University, 1965-1968. Fine arts consultant 1974-1979. Created Privy Councillor, New Years Honours, 1984.
Board directors The Ladbroke Group, Global Asset Management, Guinness Mahon Holdings. Provost Royal College Art, since 1985. Chairman Trustees of The Serpentine Gallery, 1987-1994.
Chairman Arts Council of England, since 1994.
Trustee Royal Academy, Patron of the London International Festival of Theatre.