1924 - 2013 (89 years)
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| Name |
Peter Tremayne Miles |
| Title |
Sir |
| Suffix |
KCVO |
| Birth |
1924 |
Long Ashton, Somerset  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Departure |
2 Aug 1951 |
London |
| Age: 27 |
| Destination |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death |
15 Oct 2013 |
| Notes |
- Baptised 27 July 1924 at Barrow Gurney. Educated at Eton. Captain late Royal Dragoons.
In the Second World War joined the Royal Dragoons.
1949 left the Army and worked in a small merchant bank for a number of years. 1959 joined Gerrard and Reid (Discount House), now called Gerrard and National Discount Co. Ltd. of which he was Managing Director. Chairman Astley & Pearce Holdings Ltd., international foreign exchange and currency deposit brokers.
Appointed by The Queen to be Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to The Queen from January, 1981.
2 sons and 1 daughter: Edward Napier Tremayne Miles, born 1958 who gained the Galsworthy Scholarship (open) to New College, Oxford; Patrick William Miles, born 1960, educated Eton; Davina Mary Evelyn Miles, born 1964.
Clubs: Buck's, Cavalry and Pratt's.
- Sir Peter Tremayne Miles KCVO (26 June 1924 – 15 October 2013) was a British Army officer, businessman and courtier in the Household of Elizabeth II.
Miles was born in Long Ashton, Somerset, the son of Lt-Col Edward Miles MC and Mary Gibbs and a descendant of Philip John Miles. He was educated at Eton College before going to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from where he commissioned into the Royal Dragoons on 25 June 1944.[1] He saw active service with the Royal Armoured Corps in the Second World War.
Between 1959 and 1980, Miles worked as the director of Gerrard and Reid Ltd. He subsequently joined the Royal Household, serving as Keeper of the Privy Purse, Treasurer to Elizabeth II and Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1981 and 1987. He was also Secretary of the Royal Victorian Order during the same period. He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1986 New Year Honours.[2] He was appointed an Extra Equerry to the Queen in 1988.
He married Philippa Helen Tremlett, daughter of Edmund Bernard Marcellin Tremlett, on 25 July 1956. Together they had three children.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Miles_(courtier)
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| Person ID |
I2556 |
Gibbs Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
3 Feb 2020 |
| Father |
Lieut. Colonel Edward William Tremayne Miles, MC, b. 25 Jan 1884, Chelsea, London d. 22 Sep 1943, Chippenham, Wiltshire (Age 59 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Albinia Gibbs, b. 5 Nov 1894, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire d. 15 Sep 1979 (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Aug 1923 |
Barrow Gurney, Somerset |
| Family ID |
F1117 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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