CLOVELLY LECTURE
Chairman : Lord Swire KCMG PC
Director : The Hon Mrs Rous
DEVON
Clovelly Visitors Centre. EX39 5TA
Reception Lecture Dinner (Black Tie)
Saturday 12th October ,2024.
Speaker
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander NATO-2016
Sir Richard Shirreff KCMG CBE
Speaks on
“Russia’s War in Ukraine and its Strategic Implications ”
Sir Richard Shirreff was born in Kenya in 1955 where he spent his early years.
Educated in England, he graduated from Exeter College, Oxford (Modern History) before being commissioned into the British Army from Sandhurst
In his 37-year career, he commanded soldiers on operations at every level from Platoon to Division.This has included combat in the Gulf War of 1991 as a tank squadron leader and again in Iraq as a Divisional Commander together with other operations in Northern Ireland Kosovo and Bosnia.
In addition he had extensive staff experience at Brigade, Army HQ and in the Ministry of Defence . He commanded NATO’s Allied Rapid Reaction .Corps . His final military assignment was NATO’s 4 Star Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR)-2016 In February 2016 he co-founded Strategia Worlwide Ltd . A Global Risk Advisory Co.mpany . which has built up a sizeable portfolio of client across different sectors.
In 2016 his novel “2017 War with Russia ” was published in the UK , USA and Poland . It became a best seller and has been translated into eight languages .
General Sir Richard Shirreff is an honorary fellow of Exeter College Oxford .
Travel Packages for overnight stay at Red Lion hotel ,Trains advised breakfast and all travel to and from railway station and to and fro to lecture venue . All enquiries to the email please apply for tickets to : clovellylectures11@gmail.com. Tel: 01237431200 .
CLOVELLYTALKS
Chairman : Lord Swire KCMG PC
Director : The Hon Mrs Rous
LONDON LECTURE
WEDNESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2024 at the National Liberal Club , 1Whitehall Place , SW1A 2HE .
SPEAKER :
The Right Honourable
LORD SOAMES OF FLETCHING PC
THE ENDURING LEGACY OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL FOR THE WORLD AND FOR A MODERN BRITAIN
SPEAKS ON :
“CHURCHILL THE GREAT HUMAN BEING ”
Lord Somes was educated at Eton College and Mons Officer Cadet School. He is the son of The Late Lord Soames and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill KG. After leaving school he was commissioned into the 11th Hussars [PAO] serving in Germany and the United Kingdom.
He was subsequently Equerry to the then Prince of Wales KGKT. He later served in the United States Senate Parliament . He worked in the City of London efore entering into the Houses of Parliament . Nicholas was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2019. In the course of his long and distinguished career in Parliament he held a number of senior roles, including serving as a Minister for Defence and as a Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Lord Soames has a specialist knowledge in the fields of Anglo-American Defence matters , Security in the Middle East and Europe , International Affairs, Trade and Industry, Aviation and the Countryside. He is currently President of the Conservative Middle East Council. He is Senior Advisor to Panmure
Gordon and to FMA Partners and to a number of other companies. He is President of Brighton College, a Trustee of The Normandy Memorial Trust and a longstanding Trustee of the Amber Foundation.
Lord Soames was made a Privy Counsellor in 2011 and knighted in 2014. He was appointed a Life Peer in October 2022. He is a member of the International Relations and Defence Committee of the House of Lords.
His interests include reading, racing and country pursuits.
He has travelled widely.
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Landtalks Events
Next lecture was being held on Monday , 25th July ,2024 . in the Clovelly Tent at the Woolsery Show. 10 am to 11.15 am. Entry free subject to a show ticket.
Speakers :
Victoria Vyvvan :
President Country Landowners Association and Business
Spoke on ” People , Profit ,Planet “
Rising Covid-19 in India has made it impossible to hold a lecture in Mumbai for February, 2021. Please check on this website for February 2025 . Speaker to be advised .