Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin
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| The Right Honourable The Lord Janvrin GCB GCVO QSO PC |
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| In office 1999 – 2007 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Fellowes |
| Succeeded by | The Rt. Hon. Christopher Geidt |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Britannia Royal Naval College and Brasenose College, Oxford |
Robin Berry Janvrin, Lord Janvrin GCB GCVO QSO PC (born 1946) was the Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from February 1999 to September 2007.
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[edit] Early life
He was educated at Marlborough College, Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and Brasenose College, Oxford from which he received a First class bachelor's degree in 1969, and of which he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1999.
[edit] Career
Lord Janvrin entered the Royal Navy in 1964, and served until 1975. He then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was a Second Secretary in 1975, and was appointed First Secretary at the mission to NATO in 1976. Robin Janvrin was First Secretary in New Delhi from 1981 to 1984, during which time he was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order for services during the state visit by The Queen to India.
Janvrin was then Counsellor and Deputy Head of Department for the Personnel Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1985 to 1987.
In 1987 he was recruited as Press Secretary to The Queen, though it was initially thought that he would be appointed Assistant Press Secretary. In 1990 he became Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen, and in 1996 the Deputy Private Secretary. In February 1999 he succeeded Sir Robert Fellowes (later Lord Fellowes) as Private Secretary to the Queen.
In December 2006, it was announced that he would retire in September 2007, to be replaced by Christopher Geidt.[1] On 24 July 2007, it was announced that Janvrin would be made a life peer, as one of the ten public servants whom the Prime Minister may nominate for a peerage, upon their retirement, per Parliament.[2] This was gazetted as Baron Janvrin, of Chalford Hill in the County of Gloucestershire on 10 October 2007.[3] On the day of his retirement, 8 September 2007, Janvrin was conferred the honour of the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, (GCVO) by The Queen. In October, Her Majesty appointed Lord Janvrin to be a Permanent Lord-in-Waiting in the Royal Household.[4]
In the 2008 New Year's Honours List of New Zealand, Lord Janvrin was made a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for "services to New Zealand as Private Secretary to The Queen".[5]
On 7 January 2008 he took up his appointment of Deputy Chairman, HSBC Private Bank (UK).
[edit] In popular culture
He is portrayed by Roger Allam in Stephen Frears' The Queen (2006) starring Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren. The film, which deals with the immediate aftermath of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, innaccurately portrays Janvrin, then Deputy Private Secretary to the Sovereign, as Private Secretary, an office to which he would only be appointed two years after the events depicted in the film. Apparently this was due to the fact that Lord Robert Fellowes, then the Private Secretary, was an in-law of the deceased Diana and this would present complications for the film script.
[edit] Honours
- CB: Companion of the Order of the Bath, 1997
- LVO: Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order, 1981-84
- Life Peerage: Life peer, 10 October 2007
- QSO: Companion of the Queen's Service Order, 2008
[edit] References
- ^ Buckingham Palace (2006-12-19). "Announcement of the retirement of Sir Robin Janvrin". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
- ^ Announcement of Janvrin's life peerage nomination for service as Private Secretary to the Queen. 'Number 10' website.
- ^ London Gazette October 2007. London Gazette. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ The Times 9 Sept 2007
- ^ DPMC - New Zealand Honours
[edit] Offices held
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| Preceded by Lord Fellowes |
Private Secretary to the Sovereign 1999–2007 |
Succeeded by Christopher Geidt |
