New Constable of the Tower of London

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed General Sir Gordon Messenger KCB DSO & Bar OBE DL to the office of Constable of the Tower of London in succession to General The Rt Hon. Lord Houghton of Richmond GCB CBE DL who retires on the 1st August 2022.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

Lady Haughey CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.

Colonel Harry Edward Shields MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone

Robert Scott OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Tyrone has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone.

Mr Ezekiel Graham Dodds MBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Isle of Wight

Mrs Susie Sheldon JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Isle of Wight commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Isle of Wight.

The Honourable Mrs Diana Nicholson
Mr Richard Priest OBE

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Orkney

Elaine Grieve, Lord-Lieutenant of Orkney has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Orkney.

Dr Sarah Scarth DL

New Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester

Mrs Diane Hawkins DL JP has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester succeeding Sir Warren Smith KCVO who retires on the 4th of July 2022.

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands

John Crabtree OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands.

Mrs Pauline Black OBE
Mr Afzal Hussain
Professor Monder Ram OBE
Mr Jatinder Sharma OBE
Ms Jean Templeton
Mrs Dawn Patricia Ward CBE

New Great-Grandson of the late King Michael of Romaina

Mr Nicholas Medforth-Mills and Mrs Alina-Maria Medforth-Mills have had a second child. A baby boy named Michael, born 15th April 2022. Baby Michael's arrival was announced on Instagram. Nicholas and Alina-Maria married in 2017, they had their first child Maria Alexandra in 2020.

Mr Nicholas Medforth-Mills is the eldest child of Her Royal Highness Princess Elena of Romania and Mr Robin Medforth-Mills, and the maternal grandson of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania (nee Bourbon-Parma).

In 2007 King Michael signed the Fundamental Rules of the Royal Family of Romania which outlined the succession of the Romanian royal family. Under the previous rules of succession which followed Salic Law (males only), the headship and claim to the Romanian throne would have passed to the Head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, from which the Romanian royal family descend.

The Fundamental rules allow females in the Line of succession, making Nicholas's mother Princess Elena second in line to Headship of the royal house. Nicholas became third in line and was to be made a Prince of Romania upon his 25th birthday.

Then in 2015, King Michael stripped HRH Prince Nicholas of Romania of his HRH and princely styling and excluded him from the line of succession. This was likely done after Prince Nicholas had an illegitimate daughter named Anna Iris with his ex-girlfriend Nicoleta Cirjan.

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire

Edmund Anderson, Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire.

Ms Adeeba Malik CBE
Mr John Robins QPM
Dr Kuldip Bharj OBE
His Honour Roger Thomas QC
Ms Roohi Collins
Ms Suzanne Watson

New Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester

Sir Warren Smith KCVO KStJ JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the Greater Manchester has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester.

Mr David Eoin Catterall

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2022/23

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2022/2023 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

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2022/2023: Miss Alka Kharbanda

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2022/2023: Miss Debbie Brock

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jennifer Crompton

For the County of Cheshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jean Gaynor France-Hayhurst

For the City of Bristol
2022/2023: Ms Alexandra Olivia Ardalan Raikes MBE

For the County of Cumbria
2022/2023: Mr Alan McViety

For the County of Derbyshire
2022/2023: Mr Michael Guy Copestake

For the County of Devon
2022/2023: Mr Richard David Youngman

For the County of Dorset
2022/2023: Ms Sibyl Fine King

For the County of Durham
2022/2023: Mrs Shona Michelle Harper-Wilkes

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mrs Jacqueline Bowes

For the County of East Sussex
2022/2023: Mrs Madeleine Jane King

For the County of Essex
2022/2023: Mr Nicholas Kenneth Alston CBE

For the County of Gloucestershire
2022/2023: Air Marshal Sir Graham Anthony Miller KBE

For Greater London
2022/2023: Mrs Heather Jane Phillips

For the County of Hampshire
2022/2023: Lady Edwina Grosvenor

For the County of Herefordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Sarah Louise de Rohan

For the County of Hertfordshire
2022/2023: Mrs Sally Denise Burton

For the County of Isle of Wight
2022/2023: Mrs Kay Ann Marriott

For the County of Kent
2022/2023: Mr Russell John Race

For the County of Leicestershire
2022/2023: Ms Mehmooda Duke MBE

For the County of Lincolnshire
2022/2023: Mr Timothy Michael Strawson

For the County of Norfolk
2022/2023: Mr David John McLeavy Hill

For the County of Northamptonshire
2022/2023: Mr Crispin David Jermyn Holborow

For the County of Northumberland
2022/2023: Mr James Clement Royds TD

For the County of North Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mr James Scott Lambert OBE

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2022/2023: Mr Paul David Southby

For the County of Oxfordshire
2022/2023: Mr Mark George Beard

For the County of Rutland
2022/2023: Mr Peter Geoffrey Thompson

For the County of Shropshire
2022/2023: Mrs Selina Lucy Graham

For the County of Somerset
2022/2023: Mrs Jennifer Margaret Duke

For the County of South Yorkshire
2022/2023: Lieutenant Colonel Robert Alfred McPherson MBE

For the County of Staffordshire
2022/2023: Mr Clarence Bennie Robinson MBE BEM

For the County of Suffolk
2022/2023: Major Anthony James Moxon Lowther-Pinkerton LVO MBE

For the County of Surrey
2022/2023: His Honour Christopher Allan Critchlow

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2022/2023: Mr David Wilson Bavaird

For the County of Warwickshire
2022/2023: Mr David Randon Kelham

For the County of West Midlands
2022/2023: Mr David Robert Moorcroft OBE

For the County of West Sussex
2022/2023: Mr James Nicholas Whitmore

For the County of West Yorkshire
2022/2023: Mrs Susan Kitty Baker MBE

For the County of Wiltshire
2022/2023: The Most Honourable The Marchioness of Lansdowne

For the County of Worcestershire
2022/2023: Mr Andrew Richard Manning-Cox

Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2022/2023: Ms Zoe Jane Henderson

For the County of Dyfed
2022/2023: Mr David Rowland Rees-Evans

For the County of Gwent
2022/2023: Mr Malgwyn Davies OBE

For the County of Gwynedd
2022/2023: Ms Davina Carey-Evans

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mrs Maria Kovacevic Thomas BEM

For the County of Powys
2022/2023: Mr Thomas Henry Jones OBE

For the County of South Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mrs Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds OBE

For the County of West Glamorgan
2022/2023: Mr Stephen Hugh Rogers

High Sheriff for 2022/23 in the Duchy of Cornwall

The Prince of Wales in his position as Duke of Cornwall has appointed the following High Sheriff within the Duchy of Cornwall.

Duchy of Cornwall

For the County of Cornwall
2022/2023: Mr Andrew Nicholas Victor Williams

High Sheriffs for 2022/23 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2022/2023: Mr Martin John Ainscough DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2022/2023: Mrs Lorraine Christine Worsley-Carter MBE DL

For the County of Merseyside
2022/2023: Ms Lesley Carol Martin-Wright JP DL