Peter Anthony

July 6, 1947

He was the British House of Commons" Serjeant at Arms between 2004 and 2007. He was given the service number 483916. In 1968, he began the study of history at Durham University. He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 January 1969. He was promoted to captain on 28 July 1973. Between 1973 and 1974, he served as aide-de-camp to the Chief of the General Staff, then General Sir Peter Hunt. He was promoted to major on 31 December 1979, and then attended the Indian Staff College in 1980. Having attended the Australian Joint Services Staff College in 1986, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1986 with seniority in that rank from 30 June 1986. 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. He was appointed Commander 24th Airmobile Brigade in 1993 and then became Deputy Military Secretary in 1996. In 1999 he went on a mission, arranged by the Organization for Security and Company-operation in Europe, to Kosovo and then later that year he was appointed the senior Army representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies. In October 1999 he became General Officer Commanding 5th Division. He became Military Secretary in 2000 before retiring in 2004. 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.

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Background

Grant Peterkin was born on 6 July 1947. He is the son of the late Brigadier James Grant Peterkin, Defence Science Organisation and his wife Dorothea Grant Peterkin.

Education

He was educated at Ampleforth College, then an all-boys independent school in Ampleforth, North Yorkshire. 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 graduated from Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) in 1971.

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He was the British House of Commons" Serjeant at Arms between 2004 and 2007. He was given the service number 483916. In 1968, he began the study of history at Durham University.

He was promoted to lieutenant on 28 January 1969.

He was promoted to captain on 28 July 1973. Between 1973 and 1974, he served as aide-de-camp to the Chief of the General Staff, then General Sir Peter Hunt.

He was promoted to major on 31 December 1979, and then attended the Indian Staff College in 1980. Having attended the Australian Joint Services Staff College in 1986, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 31 December 1986 with seniority in that rank from 30 June 1986.

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. He was appointed Commander 24th Airmobile Brigade in 1993 and then became Deputy Military Secretary in 1996. In 1999 he went on a mission, arranged by the Organization for Security and Company-operation in Europe, to Kosovo and then later that year he was appointed the senior Army representative at the Royal College of Defence Studies.

In October 1999 he became General Officer Commanding 5th Division.

He became Military Secretary in 2000 before retiring in 2004. 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.

Achievements

In the 1991 New Year Honours, Grant Peterkin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). In the 2003 New Year Honours, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (Central Bank).

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire; Companion of the Order of the Bath