| 词条 | James Orr (courtier) |
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James Bernard Vivian Orr CVO (19 November 1917 – 14 June 2008[1]) was a police officer and Private Secretary to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh from 1957 to 1970. Orr was educated at Harrow School, and Gordonstoun School, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[2] He joined the British South Africa Police in 1939,[1] and remained until 1946. From 1941 to 1949, he was attached to the Ethiopia and Eritrea occupied Enemy Territory Administration Police Forces. In 1954–1957, he was a member of the Kenya Police. Orr joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1957. He retired in May 1970. From 1970 he was an Extra Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh,[1] and he subsequently worked as Secretary of the Medical Commission on Accident Prevention.[2] He was unmarried.[1] Orr was made a MVO in 1962, and was promoted to CVO in 1968.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906154030/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article4379435.ece|title=James Orr|publisher=The Times|accessdate=2008-09-04 | location=London | date=2008-07-23}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, James}}{{UK-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528054157/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/james-orr-private-secretary-to-prince-philip-914566.html|title=James Orr: Private secretary to Prince Philip|last=Heald|first=Tim|date=2008-09-01|work=Obituaries|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=2008-09-04 | location=London}} 11 : 1917 births|2008 deaths|People educated at Gordonstoun|Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order|British South Africa Police officers|British colonial police officers|People educated at Harrow School|Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Kenyan police officers|Members of the British Royal Household|Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
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