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Shane Blewitt

Shane Blewitt

British military officer and royal courtier (1935–2022)

Major Sir Shane Gabriel Basil Blewitt GCVO (25 March 1935 – 15 May 2022) was a British courtier and military officer. He served in the Irish Guards from 1956 to 1974 in the British Army of the Rhine, West Germany, Northern Ireland, Aden, and Hong Kong, attaining the rank of Major.[1]

Personal life

He was the son of Colonel Basil Blewitt. Blewitt and wife Monica Julia, formerly Morrogh Bernard, daughter of Major Robert Henry Calvert and wife Monica (née Buxton), wed on 16 June 1969. Major Blewitt had two stepchildren by his wife's first marriage, plus two biological children by Julia.[2] He died on 15 May 2022, at the age of 87.[3]

Royal offices

  • Assistant Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to HM The Queen (1975–85)
  • Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to HM The Queen (1985–87)
  • Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to HM The Queen (1988–96) [4]
  • Extra Equerry to HM The Queen (1996– ?)

Affiliations

  • Member, King's Fund General Council (1989-2010)
  • Council, King Edward VII Hospital (1989-2010)

RVO

He was first appointed LVO in 1981, and as follows:

  • CVO (1987)
  • KCVO (1989)
  • GCVO (1996)

References

  1. [1]
    "Maj Sir Shane Blewitt GCVO". Debretts People of Today.
  2. [2]
    Profile at thepeerage.com
  3. [3]
    "BLEWITT, Major Sir Shane". The Times. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    Tomlinson, Richard (20 December 1992). "They also serve, who only ush". Independent.
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