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	~~[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]]~~ '''Sir Miles ~~Garth~~ Hunt-Davis''', {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|GCVO\|CBE}} (7 November 1938 – 23 May 2018)<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224562/hunt-davis Hunt-Davis]</ref> was a [[British Army]] officer who was also the [[Private Secretary]] to [[Philip, Duke of Edinburgh\|The Duke of Edinburgh]] from 1993 until 2010.		'''Sir Miles Hunt-Davis''' Brigadier {{postnominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|sep=,\|GCVO\|CBE}} (7 November 1938 – 23 May 2018)<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224562/hunt-davis Hunt-Davis]</ref> was a [[British Army]] officer who was also the [[Private Secretary]] to [[Philip, Duke of Edinburgh\|The Duke of Edinburgh]] from 1993 until 2010.

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==

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| battles = [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation]]
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[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''Sir Miles Garth Hunt-Davis''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|CBE}} (7 November 1938 – 23 May 2018)<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/224562/hunt-davis Hunt-Davis]</ref> was a [[British Army]] officer who was also the [[Private Secretary]] to [[Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] from 1993 until 2010.

==Early life and education==
Miles Hunt-Davis was born in Johannesburg, [[Union of South Africa]], in 1938 and educated at [[St. Andrew's College (Grahamstown, South Africa)|St Andrew's College]].

==Military career==
After attending the [[Mons Officer Cadet School]], Hunt-Davis was commissioned a probationary second lieutenant in the Queen's Brigade of the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] on 5 August 1960,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=16 September 1960 |issue=42144 |pages=6326 |supp=y}}</ref> and relinquished his commission on 16 November 1961.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=23 January 1962 |issue=42576 |page=587 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He joined the [[6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles]] as a second lieutenant (direct-entry) holding a short-service commission on 14 April 1962.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=15 June 1962 |issue=42703 |page=4768 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> On 16 October 1963, he was granted a regular commission in the same regiment with the rank of second lieutenant (seniority 14 April 1962).<ref>{{London Gazette |date=13 December 1963 |issue=43181 |page=10167 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>

He served in [[Borneo]] and [[Malaysia]] 1964–1966, and was promoted to lieutenant on 14 April 1965.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=13 April 1965 |issue=43623 |page=3675 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> Promoted captain on 14 April 1968, from 1969 to 1970 he attended the [[Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College]],<ref>{{London Gazette |date=16 April 1968 |issue=44565 |page=4388 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> and was promoted to major on 31 December 1971.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=4 January 1972 |issue=45564 |page=89 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> From 1974 to 1976 he was [[Brigade Major]] of the [[48th Brigade (United Kingdom)|48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade]]. Promoted lieutenant colonel on 30 June 1976, he commanded [[7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles]] from 25 September.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=6 July 1976 |issue=46953 |page=9285 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |date=27 June 1978 |issue=47577 |page=7754 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1977. In 1979–1980 he was the Chief Instructor, Tactics Wing, of the [[School of Infantry]], and 1980–1982 General Staff Officer Grade 1 (GSO1) Tactics at the School. From 1982 to 1983 he was instructor at the [[Staff College, Camberley]] (psc), and was promoted to colonel on 30 June 1984.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=17 July 1984 |issue=49807 |page=9774 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> In 1985–1987 he was Commander British Gurkhas, [[Nepal]]. Promoted to brigadier on 31 December 1987 (seniority 30 June), from 1987 to 1990, based in Hong Kong, he commanded the [[Brigade of Gurkhas]].<ref>{{London Gazette |date=12 January 1988 |issue=51194 |page=303 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> Advanced to [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1990,<ref>{{London Gazette |date=15 June 1990 |issue=52173 |page=5 |nolink=yes}}</ref> he retired on 1 August 1991.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=5 August 1991 |issue=52623 |page=11969 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hunt-Davies was married to Anita (née Ridsdale) and together they had three children: Joanna Mary, Justin, and [[Ben Hunt-Davis|Francis Benedict (Ben)]] who won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 2000 Sydney Olympic games. He has nine grandchildren. During his time as Private Secretary to Prince Philip, Hunt-Davis lived in a house in the grounds of [[Kensington Palace]] and then a flat in Kensington Palace. After his retirement they lived in Wiltshire.

==Private Secretary==
After leaving the British Army Hunt-Davis was [[Colonel]] of the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Gurkha Rifles (1991<ref>{{London Gazette |date=3 January 1992 |issue=52784 |page=55 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>-1994<ref>{{London Gazette |date=15 August 1994 |issue=53762 |page=11657 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref>), and Chairman of the Gurkha Brigade Association (1991–2003). Hunt-Davis joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh as Assistant Private Secretary in 1991. He was promoted to Private Secretary in 1993, and appointed a [[Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] in 1998.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=30 December 1997 |issue=54993 |page=4 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was knighted as a [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] in 2003 and, on his retirement in 2010, was advanced to [[Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order]].<ref>{{London Gazette |date=14 June 2003 |issue=56963 |page=3 |supp=y |nolink=yes}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=59640 |date=21 December 2010 |page=24421 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

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[[Category:Alumni of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
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[[Category:South African knights]]
[[Category:People from Johannesburg]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]
[[Category:South African emigrants to the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Mons Officer Cadet School]]
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