Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes
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The Right Honourable The Lord Fellowes GCB GCVO QSO PC |
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| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
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In office 1990–1999 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Sir William Heseltine |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robin Janvrin |
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| Born |
11 December 1941 UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Jane Spencer |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes GCB GCVO QSO PC (born 11 December 1941) was Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 1990 to 1999, and is also known as a brother-in-law of Diana, Princess of Wales and first cousin of Ronald Ferguson, the father of Sarah, Duchess of York.
Fellowes is the son of Scots Guards Major Sir William Fellowes, the Queen's Land Agent at Sandringham, and of his wife Jane Charlotte Ferguson, daughter of Brigadier-General Algernon Francis Holford Ferguson (great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York). The Fellowes of Shotesham are an old country family, related to the Lords De Ramsey (senior branch). According to Michael Rhodes (a British genealogist specializing in the British aristocracy and landed gentry), "Lord De Ramsey descends from one Coulson Fellowes (1696-1769), and Lady Jane's husband, Lord Fellowes, descends from Coulson's younger brother, William, of Shotesham Park, Norfolk."
He is distantly related to actor and peer Julian Fellowes. They have a common ancestor William Fellowes, who lived in 1653.
Fellowes married Lady Jane Spencer, elder sister of Diana, Princess of Wales on 20 April 1978 at Westminster Abbey, when he was an Assistant Private Secretary to the Queen. The then-Lady Diana Spencer was a bridesmaid. They have three children, Laura Jane Fellowes, (born 19 July 1980), Alexander Robert Fellowes, (born 23 March 1983), and Eleanor Ruth Fellowes (born 20 August 1985). As well as being brother-in-law of Diana, Princess of Wales, he is also first cousin once removed of Sarah, Duchess of York through his mother, Jane.
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