Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster

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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Buckmaster
Born2 February 1949
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
EmployerAvecia PLC
Known forPeer
Title4th Viscount Buckmaster
PredecessorMartin Stanley Buckmaster
SuccessorHolder
SpouseElizabeth Mary Mark
Children3
Parent(s)Hon. Colin John Buckmaster and May Gibbon

Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (born 2 February 1949) is a British peer and businessman.

Early life[edit]

The son of the Hon Colin John Buckmaster, a son of the 2nd Viscount, by his marriage to May Gibbon, Buckmaster was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, and Clare College, Cambridge, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and proceeding to Master of Arts in 1974.

Career[edit]

Buckmaster has been Chief Executive Officer of Avecia Group PLC since October 2005 and also is Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Products Group Ltd. He has been a Director of Avecia Group since May 2006 and is a Director of Avecia Holdings PLC.[1]

Family[edit]

He married Elizabeth Mary Mark, daughter of Norman Mark, on 26 July 1975 and has a son and two daughters;

  1. Hon. Clare May Buckmaster b. 1979
  2. Hon. Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster 1980–2023[2]
  3. Hon. Nicola Mary Buckmaster b. 1986

Interests[edit]

Buckmaster is a Trustee of the Clare College Boat Club.[3]

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster
Crest
A demi-lion Azure holding in the dexter paw a fleur-de-lis and charged on the shoulder with a portcullis both Or.
Escutcheon
Or semee of fleurs-de-lis Azure a lion rampant of the last on a chief of the second a portcullis of the first.
Supporters
On either side a bulk Proper each gorged with a chain pendant therefrom a portcullis Or.
Motto
Equanimitas Magnanimitas (Equanimity, Magnanimity)[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Business week Profile". Retrieved 20 June 2007.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Births, marriages and deaths: April 18, 2023". The Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ^ Societies & Clubs
  4. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 1899.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Buckmaster
2007–present 		Incumbent
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