Friday 31 December 2021

Reappointment of the Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness

James Robert Edwards Wotherspoon, Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness has recommissioned the following person to continue being Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness.

Mr Douglas Young TD DL


New Deputy Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry

Dr Angela Garvey, Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry.

Reverend Nigel John Cairns

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland

Dr Monica Main CVO FRCGP, Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland.

Major General Patrick Claude Marriott CB CBE DL

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire

Edward Harley OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire.

Mr James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathurst CBE

Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2022, 2023 and 2024

On the 12th of November 2021 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2022, 2023 and 2024 with the exception of Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire who are appointed by the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster.

England

For the County of Bedfordshire
2022/2023: Lady Clifford
2023/2024: Mr Russell Alan Beard
2024/2025: Mr Bhavesh Shah

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2022/2023: Miss Alka Kharbanda
2023/2024: Mr Simon Huntly Muir
2024/2025: Mr Alexander Barfield

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2022/2023: Miss Debbie Brock
2023/2024: Dr Ann Geraldine Limb CBE
2024/2025: Ms Kurshida Begum Mirza

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jennifer Crompton
2023/2024: Dr Bharatkumar Narshidas Khetani
2024/2025: Mr David John Way

For the County of Cheshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jean Gaynor France-Hayhurst
2023/2024: Mr Dennis Dunn MBE
2024/2025: Ms Clare Elizabeth Hayward MBE

For the City of Bristol
2022/2023: Ms Alexandra Olivia Ardalan Raikes MBE
2023/2024: Miss Sharon Rosemarie Foster
2024/2025: The Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury MBE

For the County of Cumbria
2022/2023: Mr Alan McViety
2023/2024: Mrs Samantha Scott
2024/2025: Mr Christopher Nigel Couper Holmes

For the County of Derbyshire
2022/2023: Mr Michael Guy Copestake
2023/2024: Miss Theresa Peltier
2024/2025: Mr Richard Ian Morgan OBE

For the County of Devon
2022/2023: Mr Richard David Youngman
2023/2024: The Rt Rev Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel
2024/2025: Commodore John Keith Moores OBE

For the County of Dorset
2022/2023: Ms Sibyl Fine King
2023/2024: Mr Colin William George Weston MBE
2024/2025: Mr Anthony William Woodhouse

For the County of Durham
2022/2023: Mrs Shona Michelle Harper-Wilkes
2023/2024: Professor Paul Keane OBE
2024/2025: Mr Albert Pattison MBE

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jacqueline Bowes
2023/2024: Mr Michael Rice
2024/2025: Miss Christina Cerutti

For the County of East Sussex
2022/2023: Mrs Madeleine Jane King
2023/2024: Mr Edward Richard Bickersteth
2024/2025: Mrs Anne Doria Brown

For the County of Essex
2022/2023: Mr Nicholas Kenneth Alston CBE
2023/2024: Mr Charles Richard Maurice Bishop
2024/2025: Mr David Trevelyan Hurst

For the County of Gloucestershire
2022/2023: Air Marshal Sir Graham Anthony Miller KBE
2023/2024: Mr Henry Claude Winwood Robinson
2024/2025: Mr Clive Oscar Lewis OBE

For Greater London
2022/2023: Mrs Heather Jane Phillips
2023/2024: Mrs Ina De
2024/2025: Ms Millicent Leonie Grant QC (Hon)

For the County of Hampshire
2022/2023: The Lady Edwina Snow
2023/2024: Mrs Amelia Sophie Ashton
2024/2025: Mr Jonathan Charles Whitaker

For the County of Herefordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Sarah Louise de Rohan
2023/2024: Mr Robert Charles Christian Robinson
2024/2025: Mrs Patricia Beatrice Churchward

For the County of Hertfordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Sally Denise Burton
2023/2024: Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Green
2024/2025: Mrs Anne Patricia Brewster

For the County of Isle of Wight
2022/2023: Mrs Kay Ann Marriott
2023/2024: Mrs Dawn Kirsten Haig-Thomas
2024/2025: Mr Graham Robert Biss

For the County of Kent
2022/2023: Mr Russell John Race
2023/2024: Mrs Nadra Ahmed OBE
2024/2025: Dr Gillian Fargher

For the County of Leicestershire
2022/2023: Ms Mehmooda Duke MBE
2023/2024: Mrs Henrietta Joscelyne Chubb
2024/2025: Mr John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts

For the County of Lincolnshire
2022/2023: Mr Timothy Michael Strawson
2023/2024: Mr Richard James Lake OBE
2024/2025: Mr Philip Henry Marmion Dymoke

For the County of Norfolk
2022/2023: Mr David John McLeavy Hill
2023/2024: Professor Krishna Kumar Sethia
2024/2025: Mr David James Flux

For the County of Northamptonshire
2022/2023: Mr Crispin David Jermyn Holborow
2023/2024: Mr Milan Naresh Shah
2024/2025: Mrs Amy Louise Crawfurd

For the County of Northumberland
2022/2023: Mr James Clement Royds TD
2023/2024: Mrs Diana Mary Audrey Barkes
2024/2025: Mrs Lucia Mary Battista Bridgeman

For the County of North Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mr James Scott Lambert OBE
2023/2024: Mrs Clare Deborah Granger
2024/2025: Dr Ruth Madeleine Smith

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2022/2023: Mr Paul David Southby
2023/2024: Mrs Veronica Moraa Pickering
2024/2025: Mr Nicholas David Rubins

For the County of Oxfordshire
2022/2023: Mr Mark George Beard
2023/2024: Mrs Sally Patricia Scott
2024/2025: Mr James Justin Macnamara

For the County of Rutland
2022/2023: Mr Peter Geoffrey Thompson
2023/2024: Mrs Geraldine Mary Ethel Feehally
2024/2025: Mr Richard Adrian Cole

For the County of Shropshire
2022/2023: Mrs Selina Lucy Graham
2023/2024: Mrs Amanda Jillian Thorn MBE
2024/2025: Mr Brian Welti

For the County of Somerset
2022/2023: Mrs Jennifer Margaret Duke
2023/2024: Mr Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett
2024/2025: Mr Robert John Beckley QPM

For the County of South Yorkshire
2022/2023: Lt Col Robert Alfred McPherson MBE
2023/2024: Professor Jaydip Ray
2024/2025: Mr John Baddeley

For the County of Staffordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Julia Mitchell
2023/2024: Mr Clarence Bennie Robinson MBE BEM
2024/2025: Mrs Victoria Louise Hawley

For the County of Suffolk
2022/2023: Major Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton LVO MBE
2023/2024: Mr John Mark Pendlington
2024/2025: Mrs Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason OBE

For the County of Surrey
2022/2023: His Honour Christopher Allan Critchlow
2023/2024: Mr Timothy Andrew de Burgh Wates
2024/2025: Mr Shahid Azeem

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2022/2023: Mr David Wilson Bavaird
2023/2024: Dame Irene Lucas-Hays DBE
2024/2025: Dr Lindsey Janet Whiterod CBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2022/2023: Mr David Randon Kelham
2023/2024: Mrs Sophie Elizabeth Hilleary
2024/2025: Mrs Rajvinder Kaur Gill

For the County of West Midlands
2022/2023: Mr David Robert Moorcroft OBE
2023/2024: Mr Wade Cleone Lyn CBE
2024/2025: Mr Douglas Robertson Wright

For the County of West Sussex
2022/2023: Mr James Nicholas Whitmore
2023/2024: Mr Andrew Graham Bliss QPM
2024/2025: Mrs Philippa Mary Gogarty

For the County of West Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mrs Susan Kitty Baker MBE
2023/2024: Mr Zulfiqar Ali Karim
2024/2025: Mr Robert Anthony Cryan

For the County of Wiltshire
2022/2023: The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Lansdowne
2023/2024: Mr Pradeep Bhardwaj
2024/2025: Dr Susan Olivia Chapple

For the County of Worcestershire
2022/2023: Mr Andrew Richard Manning-Cox
2023/2024: Mrs Louise Caroline Hewett
2024/2025: Mr Charles William Moyle


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2022/2023: Ms Zoe Jane Henderson
2023/2024: Mrs Kate Louise Hill-Trevor
2024/2025: Mrs Karen Ann Farrell-Thornley

For the County of Dyfed
2022/2023: Mr David Rowland Rees-Evans
2023/2024: Mr Meurig David Raymond CBE
2024/2025: Mrs Helen Jones

For the County of Gwent
2022/2023: Mr Malgwyn Davies OBE
2023/2024: Professor Simon John Gibson CBE
2024/2025: Her Honour Judge Helen Mifflin

For the County of Gwynedd
2022/2023: Ms Davina Carey-Evans
2023/2024: Mrs Janet Phillips
2024/2025: Ms Sarah Jane Foskett

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mrs Maria Kovacevic Thomas BEM
2023/2024: Professor Jean White CBE
2024/2025: Dr Richard John Penry Lewis MBE

For the County of Powys
2022/2023: Mr Thomas Henry Jones OBE
2023/2024: Mr Reginald Cawthorne
2024/2025: Lady Kathryn Susan Silk

For the County of South Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mrs Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds OBE
2023/2024: Mr David Rhys Hughes James
2024/2025: Mrs Janet Davies

For the County of West Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mr Stephen Hugh Rogers
2023/2024: Mrs Hayley Belinda Davies
2024/2025: Mr Alan Brayley

Wednesday 29 December 2021

New Deputy Lieutenants of Tyne and Wear

Susan Winfield OBE CStJ, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Tyne and Wear.

Ms Joanne Curry MBE
Mrs Nancy Doyle-Hall
Mr Farooq Hakim
Wing Commander David L. Harris RAFAC
Commander Edward W. G. McNaught RD
Mrs Fiona M. O'Connor
Professor Jane E. Robinson
Colonel Christopher Tearney ACF
Dr Lindsey J. Whiterod CBE
Mr Robert William

New Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset

Anne Maw, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset.

Ms Jennifer Jane Anena Achiro
Dr Ian Kelham
Dr Pradeep Madhavan
Dr Alexander Christie Priest
Mr Clinton William Thomas Rogers
Mr Mohammed Saddiq
Mr Martin Thatcher

New Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen City

Councillor Barney Crockett, Lord Provost of Aberdeen has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen City.

Mrs Avril Gray
Mrs Margaret Openshaw
Mr Michael Steven Melvin

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gwent

Brigadier Robert Aitken CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Gwent.

Mr Richard Bevan
Mr Guy Lacey
Ms Judith Paget CBE
Mr Richard Selby
Mrs Shereen Williams MBE OstJ JP

Friday 24 December 2021

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2022. Thank you for following and reading Royal News. May the coming year bring good fortune and health to you and your family.

Monday 20 December 2021

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Down

Gawn Rowan Hamilton, Lord-Lieutenant of County Down has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Down.

Mr John Gerard Gordon

New Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd

Edmund Seymour Bailey CStJ, Lord-Lieutenant of Gwynedd commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Gwynedd.

Mrs Kathryn Kerena Griffiths Ellis

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire

Anna Turner JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.

Mrs Jennifer Beatrice Wynn

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of County Down

Gawn Rowan Hamilton, Lord-Lieutenant of County Down has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of County Down.

Mrs Catherine June Champion DL

New Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire

Elizabeth Fothergill CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Derbyshire.

Mr David Christopher Nieper OBE

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Commodore Andrew Dickens OBE Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk

Alan Simpson OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk.

Dr Robert Campbell Kennedy Thomson OBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex

Andrew Blackman, Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex.

Mr Augustus Jack Christie
The Reverend Canon Judith Anne Egar
Mr Giles Tristan York QPM