Alastair Aird

Captain Sir Alastair Sturgis Aird

GCVO (14 January 1931 – 30 September 2009^[1]

Biography

Aird was the second son of Colonel Malcolm Henry Aird

Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet, and his wife Joan Meredith, née Sturgis.^[2]^[3] He was educated at Lockers Park School in Hertfordshire,^[4] Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before joining The 9th Queen's Royal Lancers

From 1960 to 1964, he was a Temporary

On 22 July 1963, he married Fiona Violet (née Myddelton)

Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Margaret from 1960 to 2002. The couple lived in Dorset and had two daughters. The elder, Caroline, is a god-child of Princess Margaret.^{[citation needed}

He received the Queen Elizabeth II Version of the Royal Household Long and Faithful Service Medal in 1980 for 20 years of service to the Royal Family with a 40 year service bar received in 2000.
He was appointed as a Member (4th Class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in the 1969 Queen's Birthday Honours List.^[5]
He was upgraded to Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1977 New Years Honours List.^[6]
He received the UK Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977.
He was upgraded to Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in the 1984 Queen's Birthday Honours List. This allowed him to be called "Sir Alastair Aird".^[7]
He was upgraded to Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in the 1997 New Years Honours List.^[8]
He received the UK Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.

^ Obituary, Daily Telegraph, 1 October 2009
^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. I, p. 58
^ "Sir Alastair Aird".
^ "Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park".
^ United Kingdom list: "No. 44863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1969. p. 5964.
^ United Kingdom: "No. 47102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1976. p. 4.
^ "1984 Birthday Honours". The London Gazette. 16 June 1984.
^ "New Year Honours List 1997". The London Gazette. Retrieved 27 March 2023.