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Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Robert Baddeley
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In the British Army he was a regular officer, rising to the rank of Brigadier. Foreign twelve years he was a Conservative party politician and was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council for the year 1999-2000, after which he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire. From Sandhurst, Baddeley was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards on 6 August 1954.
From 24 November 1983 to 14 January 1986 he was Chief Instructor at the Defence Services Command and Staff College of Bangladesh.
He was then appointed as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II and as Director of Army Training and Inspector of Physical & Adventurous Training. He retired as aide-de-camp to the Queen on 14 March 1989, when he was replaced by Brigadier Arthur Gooch.
On 1 January 1989 he succeeded General Sir Robert Ford as Colonel of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, to relinquish the appointment on 31 July 1992. Baddeley was elected to Wiltshire County Council as a Conservative in 1988.
In 1999, he became chairman of Wiltshire County Council.
In November 2000, Baddeley was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire. Baddeley is a supporter of the Kipling Society.
