Saturday 2 December 2017

Life Peerage for the Former Chief of the Defence Staff

Her Majesty The Queen has granted General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton GCB CBE the title of Baron Houghton of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire for the duration of his life under the Life Peerage Act of 1958.

He was nominated for a Life Peerage following his service as Chief of the Defence Staff. Lord Houghton of Richmond will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

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