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'''Adrian Fortescue''' was a panelist for the discussion about ''Have [[Civil Liberties]] Been Unnecessarily Eroded?'' at the [[2002 Bilderberg]].<ref name=bb2002report>[[File:Bilderberg-Conference-Report-2002.pdf]]</ref>
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'''Sir Adrian John Fortescue''' was a panelist for the discussion about ''Have [[Civil Liberties]] Been Unnecessarily Eroded?'' at the [[2002 Bilderberg]].<ref name=bb2002report>[[File:Bilderberg-Conference-Report-2002.pdf]]</ref>
  
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
Adrian Fortescue "spent the first few years of his life in a Japanese internment camp. Returning to England after the war, he was educated at Uppingham, an exclusive independent school in Leicestershire, before going on to earn a classics degree at [[Cambridge University]]."<ref name=peu>http://www.politico.eu/article/profile-adrian-fortescue/</ref> He was a son-in-law of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name=peu/>
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Adrian Fortescue, born to [[Tim Fortescue]], a UK colonial administrator,<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-adrian-fortescue-0lr7x8vdzrp</ref> "spent the first few years of his life in a Japanese internment camp. Returning to England after the war, he was educated at Uppingham, an exclusive independent school in Leicestershire, before going on to earn a classics degree at [[Cambridge University]]."<ref name=peu>http://www.politico.eu/article/profile-adrian-fortescue/</ref> He was a son-in-law of [[Winston Churchill]].<ref name=peu/>
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
In 1964 Adrian Fortescue started his career as a UK [[diplomat]]. "But he seemed to find greater fulfilment when he transferred, via a tour of duty in the late 1980s as chef de cabinet to a British European Commissioner, [[Lord Cockfield]], to the permanent service of the European Commission. This culminated, after he had left Lord Cockfield’s office, in four years as the Commission’s Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs."<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-adrian-fortescue-0lr7x8vdzrp</ref>
 
In 1964 Adrian Fortescue started his career as a UK [[diplomat]]. "But he seemed to find greater fulfilment when he transferred, via a tour of duty in the late 1980s as chef de cabinet to a British European Commissioner, [[Lord Cockfield]], to the permanent service of the European Commission. This culminated, after he had left Lord Cockfield’s office, in four years as the Commission’s Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs."<ref>https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-adrian-fortescue-0lr7x8vdzrp</ref>
  
In 1972 when, on secondment from the UK civil service, he served in the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Sir [[Christopher Soames]].<ref name=peu/>
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In 1972 when, on secondment from the UK civil service, he was in the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Sir [[Christopher Soames]].<ref name=peu/>
  
 
Fortescue was a Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs of the [[European Commission]].   
 
Fortescue was a Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs of the [[European Commission]].   

Latest revision as of 03:04, 12 September 2024

Person.png Adrian FortescueRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat, spook?)
BornJune 1941
Hong Kong
DiedAugust 2004 (Age 63)
London
NationalityUK
Alma materCambridge University, London School of Economics
ParentsTim Fortescue
Spooky UK panelist at the 2002 Bilderberg. Son-in-law of Winston Churchill. Died in 2004

Sir Adrian John Fortescue was a panelist for the discussion about Have Civil Liberties Been Unnecessarily Eroded? at the 2002 Bilderberg.[1]

Background

Adrian Fortescue, born to Tim Fortescue, a UK colonial administrator,[2] "spent the first few years of his life in a Japanese internment camp. Returning to England after the war, he was educated at Uppingham, an exclusive independent school in Leicestershire, before going on to earn a classics degree at Cambridge University."[3] He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill.[3]

Career

In 1964 Adrian Fortescue started his career as a UK diplomat. "But he seemed to find greater fulfilment when he transferred, via a tour of duty in the late 1980s as chef de cabinet to a British European Commissioner, Lord Cockfield, to the permanent service of the European Commission. This culminated, after he had left Lord Cockfield’s office, in four years as the Commission’s Director-General for Justice and Home Affairs."[4]

In 1972 when, on secondment from the UK civil service, he was in the cabinet of Commission Vice-President Sir Christopher Soames.[3]

Fortescue was a Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs of the European Commission.

 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/200230 May 20022 June 2002US
Virginia
Chantilly
Westfields Marriott
The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia.
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