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| − | In 1964 Adrian Fortescue started his career as a UK diplomat. "But he seemed to find greater fulfilment when he transferred, via a tour of duty in the late 1980s as chef de cabinet to a British European Commissioner, [[Lord Cockfield]], to the permanent service of the European Commission. This culminated, after he had left Lord Cockfield’s office, in four years as the Commission’s Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs."<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-adrian-fortescue-0lr7x8vdzrp</ref> | + | In 1964 Adrian Fortescue started his career as a UK [[diplomat]]. "But he seemed to find greater fulfilment when he transferred, via a tour of duty in the late 1980s as chef de cabinet to a British European Commissioner, [[Lord Cockfield]], to the permanent service of the European Commission. This culminated, after he had left Lord Cockfield’s office, in four years as the Commission’s Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs."<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-adrian-fortescue-0lr7x8vdzrp</ref> |
| − | Fortescue was a Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs of the [[European Commission]]. | + | In 1972 when, on secondment from the UK civil service, he served in the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Sir [[Christopher Soames]].<ref name=peu/> |
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Revision as of 22:32, 23 December 2018
 Adrian Fortescue  (diplomat, spook?) | |
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| Born | June 1941 Hong Kong |
| Died | August 2004 (Age 63) London |
| Alma mater | Cambridge University, London School of Economics |
Adrian Fortescue was a panelist for the discussion about Have Civil Liberties Been Unnecessarily Eroded? at the 2002 Bilderberg.[1]
Background
Adrian Fortescue "spent the first few years of his life in a Japanese internment camp. Returning to England after the war, he was educated at Uppingham, an exclusive independent school in Leicestershire, before going on to earn a classics degree at Cambridge University."[2] He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill.[2]
Career
In 1964 Adrian Fortescue started his career as a UK diplomat. "But he seemed to find greater fulfilment when he transferred, via a tour of duty in the late 1980s as chef de cabinet to a British European Commissioner, Lord Cockfield, to the permanent service of the European Commission. This culminated, after he had left Lord Cockfield’s office, in four years as the Commission’s Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs."[3]
In 1972 when, on secondment from the UK civil service, he served in the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Sir Christopher Soames.[2]
Fortescue was a Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs of the European Commission.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2002 | 30 May 2002 | 2 June 2002 | US Virginia Chantilly Westfields Marriott | The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia. |
