Timothy Laurence
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Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, (born 1 March 1955), is a retired Royal Navy officer and the second husband of Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's only daughter.
Laurence was Equerry to the Queen from 1986 to 1989.
Early life and education
Timothy James Hamilton Laurence was born in Camberwell, South London, and the son of Commander Guy Stewart Laurence (born 1896–1982; also a marine engine manufacturer) and Barbara Alison Laurence (née Symons, 1950–2019). Jonathan Dobree Laurence, his older brother (born 1952), is his uncle. The Laurences descended from Zaccaria Levy, a Jewish merchant who came from Venice (and perhaps later from Baghdad) in the late 18th century. The family name was later changed to Laurence.
Laurence was educated at The New Beacon Preparatory School, Kent, and University College, University of Durham, on a Naval Scholarship, where he earned his Bachelor of Science upper second class honours degree in geography. Palatinate, the university's student newspaper, was edited by him.
Naval career
Laurence was sent a midshipman in the Royal Navy on January 1, 1973, and on January 1, 1975, she became an acting subordinate sub-lieutenant. He began his studies at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth and was posted to HMS Aurora, a Plymouth-based frigate, shortly after leaving Durham. On 1 March 1977, he was promoted to lieutenant ten months before. Laurence was employed by HMS Vernon in 1978 and spent the next year on the minesweeper HMS Pollington.
Laurence served as the second Navigating Officer of the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia for a brief period, and from 1980 to 1982, he was Navigating Officer of the destroyer HMS Sheffield. He took control of the patrol boat HMS Cygnet off the coast of Northern Ireland in 1982 as part of the IRA gun-runner patrols. He was not cited in despatches for his services.
Laurence was promoted to lieutenant commander on March 1st 1985 after attending HMS Dryad's Principal Warfare Officer course and then posted to the frigate HMS Alacrity. He completed the Royal Australian Navy Tactics Course in HMAS Watson, Sydney, in March 1986, when he was informed of his first staff appointment as Equerry to the Queen, a position he held from 11 October 1986 to September 1989. He was promoted to commander on December 31, 1988.
Laurence was posted to the new frigate HMS Boxer in October 1989 and took over as commanding officer on January 30, 1990, at age 34. Laurence served on the Ministry of Defence, London, between 1992 and 1994. Malcolm Rifkind, the first military assistant to the Secretary of State for Defense, was appointed on May 16th, 1994, to provide military assistance in his private office.
Laurence was promoted to captain on June 30, 1995, and the frigate HMS Cumberland was commanded by Laurence from 1996 to 1996. The ship returned from the Adriatic in May 1996, where HMS Cumberland was stationed in the NATO-led IFOR Task Force. Laurence was commissioned Chief Officer of the frigate HMS Montrose as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron on August 27, 1996. The ship was deployed to the South Atlantic on Falkland Islands patrol until October 1996. Laurence returned to the Ministry of Defence in July 1997, first on the Naval Staff and then on commodore as a member of the 1998 Strategic Defense Review team.
Later career
Laurence, a Hudson Visiting Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, where he wrote a paper on the connection between humanitarian assistance and peacekeeping, beginning in January 1999. As a commodore (Navy), he was later posted to the Joint Services Command and Staff College as an assistant commandant (Navy), beginning on June 15, 1999. Laurence was back at the Ministry of Defense as Director of Navy Resources and Programmes from 2001 to 2004.
Laurence was promoted to rear admiral on July 5th, 2004 and the Defense Staff was appointed Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff with responsibility for Resources and Plans. He was promoted to vice admiral and named chief executive of Defence Estates on 30 April 30, 2007, and later renamed Defence Infrastructure Organisation (later renamed Defence Estates).
Laurence began as the Head of Profession for the British Government's Property Asset Management staff in July 2009. The group includes experts in construction, estates, and property management, as well as facilities/contracts administration. Laurence was made Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in 2009.
Laurence retired from the navy in August 2010 and now pursues mainly non-executive and charitable causes, with a strong focus on land and regeneration. He served on the board of Capita Symonds until 2014 and is non-executive chairman of the property developers Dorchester Regeneration. He is the non-executive chairman of Purfleet Centre Regeneration, a newly formed company that specializes in site reclamation and regeneration. He was a senior military advisor to PA Consulting until 2015.
Laurence has been chairman of the English Heritage Trust since April 2015 and has served as vice chairman of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from June 30 to July 2019. He is a trustee for the HMS Victory Preservation Company. The Great Western Advisory Board is an organization that promotes transport.