Adrian Fortescue
 Adrian Fortescue    (diplomat, spook?) | |
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| Born | June 1941 Hong Kong |
| Died | August 2004 (Age 63) London |
| Alma mater | London School of Economics |
Adrian Fortescue was a panelist for the discussion about ' at the 2002 Bilderberg.[1]
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."[2] He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill.[2]
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."[3]
Fortescue was a Director General of Justice and Internal Affairs of the European Commission.
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2002 | 30 May 2002 | 2 June 2002 | US Virginia Chantilly Westfields Marriott | The 50th Bilderberg, held at Chantilly, Virginia. |
