Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield

Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable The Lord Charteris of Amisfield GCB GCVO OBE QSO PC
Charteris in 1962
Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1 April 1972 – 12 November 1977
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir Michael Adeane
Succeeded by	Sir Philip Moore
Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign
In office 1 January 1954 – 1 April 1972
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 7 February 1978 – 23 December 1999 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	(1913-09-07)7 September 1913 London, England[1]
Died	23 December 1999(1999-12-23) (aged 86) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England[2]
Alma mater	Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Military career
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1933–1951
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit	King's Royal Rifle Corps
Battles / wars	Second World War

Lieutenant-Colonel Martin Michael Charles Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, GCB, GCVO, OBE, QSO, PC (7 September 1913 – 23 December 1999) was a British Army officer and courtier of Queen Elizabeth II.^[3] Charteris was the longest-serving Assistant Private Secretary to the Sovereign, having served for over 18 years in that position. Later, he became Private Secretary to the Sovereign.