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The Viscount Buckmaster
Born 2 February 1949 Nationality British Occupation Businessman Employer Avecia PLC Known for Peer Title 4th Viscount Buckmaster Predecessor Martin Stanley Buckmaster Successor Holder Spouse Elizabeth Mary Mark Children 3 Parent(s) Hon. Colin John Buckmaster and May Gibbon
Adrian Charles Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (born 2 February 1949) is a British peer and businessman.
The son of the Hon Colin John Buckmaster, a son of the 2nd Viscount, by his marriage to May Gibbon, Buckmaster was educated at Charterhouse School , Godalming , and Clare College, Cambridge , graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and proceeding to Master of Arts in 1974.
Buckmaster has been Chief Executive Officer of Avecia Group PLC since October 2005 and also is Chief Executive Officer of Automotive Products Group Ltd. He has been a Director of Avecia Group since May 2006 and is a Director of Avecia Holdings PLC.[ 1]
He married Elizabeth Mary Mark, daughter of Norman Mark, on 26 July 1975 and has a son and two daughters;
Hon. Clare May Buckmaster b. 1979
Hon. Andrew Nicholas Buckmaster 1980–2023[ 2]
Hon. Nicola Mary Buckmaster b. 1986
Buckmaster is a Trustee of the Clare College Boat Club.[ 3]
Coat of arms of Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster
Crest
A demi-lion Azure holding in the dexter paw a fleur-de-lis and charged on the shoulder with a portcullis both Or.
Escutcheon
Or semee of fleurs-de-lis Azure a lion rampant of the last on a chief of the second a portcullis of the first.
Supporters
On either side a bulk Proper each gorged with a chain pendant therefrom a portcullis Or.
Motto
Equanimitas Magnanimitas (Equanimity, Magnanimity)[ 4]
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