Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt
The Lord Geidt | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
| In office 8 September 2007 – 17 October 2017 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Edward Young |
| Preceded by | Sir Robin Janvrin |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Young |
| Deputy Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
| In office 2005–2007 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Secretary | Sir Robin Janvrin |
| Preceded by | Mary Francis |
| Succeeded by | Edward Young |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 3 November 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1961 Marylebone, London, England |
| Party | None (crossbencher) |
| Spouse |
Emma Neill (m. 1996) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Dragon School Glenalmond College |
| Alma mater | King's College London Trinity Hall, Cambridge Magdalen College, Oxford |
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Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt, Baron Geidt, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC, FKC (born 17 August 1961) is a member of the House of Lords, former Courtier to the British monarch, former army intelligence officer and diplomat, and former adviser to the prime minister on ministerial ethics. As Sir Christopher Geidt, he served as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 2007 to 2017 (serving as deputy for two years from 2005). He was created Baron Geidt in 2017.
Between 28 April 2021 and 15 June 2022 he was the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests to Prime Minister Boris Johnson; he resigned in protest following a series of conflagrations over the spending of public and private funds and trade policy.