Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2023, 2024 and 2025

On the 12th of November 2022 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2023, 2024 and 2025 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
2023/2024: Mr Russell Alan Beard
2024/2025: Mr Bhavesh Shah
2025/2026: Mrs Camilla Anne King

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2023/2024: Mr Simon Huntly Muir
2024/2025: Mr Alexander Barfield
2025/2026: Mr Sean Zain Taylor

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2023/2024: Dr Ann Geraldine Limb CBE
2024/2025: Ms Kurshida Begum Mirza
2025/2026: Mrs Philippa Jane Kirkbride

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2023/2024: Dr Bharatkumar Narshidas Khetani
2024/2025: Mr David John Way
2025/2026: The Hon. Frances Stanley

For the County of Cheshire
2023/2024: Mr Dennis Dunn MBE
2024/2025: Ms Clare Elizabeth Hayward MBE
2025/2026: Mr William James Timpson OBE

For the City of Bristol
2023/2024: Miss Sharon Rosemarie Foster
2024/2025: The Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury MBE
2025/2026: Mrs Kalpna Kumari Woolf

For the County of Cumbria
2023/2024: Mrs Samantha Scott
2024/2025: Mr Christopher Nigel Couper Holmes
2025/2026: Dr Geoffrey Charles Jolliffe

For the County of Derbyshire
2023/2024: Miss Theresa Peltier
2024/2025: Mr Richard Ian Morgan OBE
2025/2026: Sir Richard FitzHerbert Bt

For the County of Devon
2023/2024: The Rt Rev Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel
2024/2025: Commodore John Keith Moores OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Caroline Anne Harlow

For the County of Dorset
2023/2024: Mr Colin William George Weston MBE
2024/2025: Mr Anthony William Woodhouse
2025/2026: Mr Callum Bremner

For the County of Durham
2023/2024: Mrs Anne Elizabeth Elliott
2024/2025: Mr Harry Macklyn Swan
2025/2026: Mr John Michael Poole

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mr Michael Rice
2024/2025: Miss Christina Cerutti
2025/2026: Mr Christopher Ewart Blacksell

For the County of East Sussex
2023/2024: Mr Edward Richard Bickersteth
2024/2025: Mrs Lucinda Anne Fraser
2025/2026: Mrs Anne Doria Brown

For the County of Essex
2023/2024: Mr Charles Richard Maurice Bishop
2024/2025: Mr David Trevelyan Hurst
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Ann Fosh

For the County of Gloucestershire
2023/2024: Mr Henry Claude Winwood Robinson
2024/2025: Mr Clive Oscar Lewis OBE
2025/2026: Mr Mark Hurrell

For Greater London
2023/2024: Mrs Ina De
2024/2025: Ms Millicent Grant KC (Hon)
2025/2026: Mr John Garbutt

For the County of Hampshire
2023/2024: Mrs Amelia Sophie Ashton
2024/2025: Mr Jonathan Charles Whitaker
2025/2026: Mrs Susan Philippa Elton

For the County of Herefordshire
2023/2024: Mr Robert Charles Christian Robinson
2024/2025: Mrs Patricia Beatrice Churchward
2025/2026: Mrs Helen Clare Bowden

For the County of Hertfordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Green
2024/2025: Mrs Anne Patricia Brewster
2025/2026: Mr Nicholas Fowell Buxton

For the County of Isle of Wight
2023/2024: Mrs Dawn Kirsten Haig-Thomas
2024/2025: Mr Graham Robert Biss
2025/2026: Mr Anthony Michael Wake

For the County of Kent
2023/2024: Mrs Nadra Ahmed OBE
2024/2025: Dr Gillian Fargher
2025/2026: Mr Jonathan Beale Neame

For the County of Leicestershire
2023/2024: Mrs Henrietta Joscelyne Chubb
2024/2025: Mr John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts
2025/2026: Dr Nikesh Rasikial Kotecha OBE

For the County of Lincolnshire
2023/2024: Mr Richard James Lake OBE
2024/2025: Mr Philip Henry Marmion Dymoke
2025/2026: Mr David Christopher Chambers

For the County of Norfolk
2023/2024: Professor Krishna Kumar Sethia
2024/2025: Mr David James Flux
2025/2026: Mr Patrick Simon Lines

For the County of Northamptonshire
2023/2024: Mr Milan Naresh Shah
2024/2025: Mrs Amy Louise Crawfurd
2025/2026: Mrs Pinder Jit Chauhan-Birdi

For the County of Northumberland
2023/2024: Mrs Diana Mary Audrey Barkes
2024/2025: Mrs Lucia Mary Battista Bridgeman
2025/2026: Mr George Nelson Farr

For the County of North Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mrs Clare Deborah Granger
2024/2025: Dr Ruth Madeleine Smith
2025/2026: Sir Andrew Peter Lawson-Tancred Bt

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2023/2024: Mrs Veronica Moraa Pickering
2024/2025: Mr Nicholas David Rubins
2025/2026: Mr Edward John Attenborough

For the County of Oxfordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Sally Patricia Scott
2024/2025: Mr James Justin Macnamara
2025/2026: T.B.A.

For the County of Rutland
2023/2024: Mrs Geraldine Mary Ethel Feehally
2024/2025: Mr Richard Adrian Cole
2025/2026: Colonel (Rtd) Richard Thomas Chesterfield

For the County of Shropshire
2023/2024: Mrs Amanda Jillian Thorn MBE
2024/2025: Mr Brian Welti
2025/2026: Mrs Jane Marie Trowbridge

For the County of Somerset
2023/2024: Mr Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett
2024/2025: Mr Robert John Beckley QPM
2025/2026: Mrs Janet Montgomery

For the County of South Yorkshire
2023/2024: Professor Jaydip Ray
2024/2025: Mr John Baddeley
2025/2026: Ms Joada Celeste Allen

For the County of Staffordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Victoria Louise Hawley
2024/2025: Mrs Julia Mitchell
2025/2026: Mr John Timothy Joseph Gillow

For the County of Suffolk
2023/2024: Mr John Mark Pendlington
2024/2025: Mrs Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Gulshanbir Kaur Kayembe

For the County of Surrey
2023/2024: Mr Timothy Andrew de Burgh Wates
2024/2025: Mr Shahid Azeem
2025/2026: Mr Peter Charles Cluff

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2023/2024: Dame Irene Lucas-Hays DBE
2024/2025: Dr Lindsey Janet Whiterod CBE
2025/2026: Ms Joanne Jane Curry MBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2023/2024: Mrs Sophie Elizabeth Hilleary
2024/2025: Mrs Rajvinder Kaur Gill
2025/2026: Mrs Karen Jane Lynch

For the County of West Midlands
2023/2024: Mr Wade Cleone Lyn CBE
2024/2025: Mr Douglas Robertson Wright
2025/2026: Dr Jane Louise Brooke-Smith OBE

For the County of West Sussex
2023/2024: Andrew Graham Bliss Esq. QPM
2024/2025: Mrs Philippa Mary Gogarty
2025/2026: Dr Timothy John Charles Fooks

For the County of West Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mr Zulfiqar Ali Karim
2024/2025: Mr Robert Anthony Cryan
2025/2026: Mrs Nicola Jane Chance-Thompson

For the County of Wiltshire
2023/2024: Mr Pradeep Bhardwaj
2024/2025: Dr Susan Olivia Chapple
2025/2026: Mr Martin John Nye

For the County of Worcestershire
2023/2024: Mrs Louise Caroline Hewett
2024/2025: Mr Charles William Moyle
2025/2026: Mr Ian James Crockatt Smith


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2023/2024: Mrs Kate Louise Hill-Trevor
2024/2025: Mrs Karen Ann Farrell-Thornley
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Annette Gillbanks

For the County of Dyfed
2023/2024: Mr Meurig David Raymond CBE
2024/2025: Mrs Helen Jones
2025/2026: Mrs Ann Margaret Jones

For the County of Gwent
2023/2024: Professor Simon John Gibson CBE
2024/2025: Her Honour Judge Helen Mifflin
2025/2026: Lt. Col. Ralph Radclyffe David Griffin

For the County of Gwynedd
2023/2024: Mrs Janet Phillips
2024/2025: Ms Sarah Jane Foskett
2025/2026: Mr Rhys Meirion Davies

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2023/2024: Professor Jean White CBE
2024/2025: Dr Richard John Penry Lewis MBE
2025/2026: Ms Sharon Iquo Dixon

For the County of Powys
2023/2024: Mr Reginald Cawthorne
2024/2025: Lady Kathryn Susan Silk
2025/2026: Mrs Sally Roberts

For the County of South Glamorgan
2023/2024: Mr David Rhys Hughes James
2024/2025: Mrs Janet Davies
2025/2026: Mrs Janey Elizabeth Howell

For the County of West Glamorgan
2023/2024: Mr Alan Brayley
2024/2025: Mrs Melanie Jane James
2025/2026: Mrs Diana Sara Stroia

New Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire

Mrs Beatrice Grant DL has been appointed by His Majesty the King to become Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire succeeding Colonel Patrick Holcroft CVO OBE who retires on the 17th March 2023.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Powys

Mrs Tia Jones, Lord-Lieutenant of Powys has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Powys.

Mr Charles William Ransford
Mr David Hugh Meyer OBE

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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New Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtown

Aileen Teresa Brewis, Lord-Lieutenant of Wigtown has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Wigtown.

Mrs Sarah Helen Hair

New Deputy Lieutenants of Berwickshire

Jeanna Swan, Lord-Lieutenant of Berwickshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Berwickshire.

Ms Katherine Gail Wishart
Captain Brian Wyndham Payne

New Deputy Lieutenants of Shetland

Mr Robert Hunter, Lord-Lieutenant of Shetland has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Shetland.

Mrs Elizabeth Johnson MBE
Mr Lindsay Tulloch QPM

MVO for Equerry to Her Late Majesty The Queen

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Garry White has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Equerry to Her Late Majesty The Queen.

LVO for The Queen’s Communications Secretary

Mr Donal Valentine McCABE has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) by Her late Majesty The Queen for his service as The Queen’s Communications Secretary.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside

Mark FW Blundell, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside.

Ms Marlene Melonie Amoo

Oliver Thomas Harrison Esq

Mrs Jayne Lisa Hauxwell

Mrs Julie Lawson BEM

John Stephen Lewis Esq MBE

Professor John Michael Mohin OBE

New Honorary Surgeon to the King

On the 1st November 2022, His Majesty the King appointed Colonel C. R. Wright to be an Honorary Surgeon to his Royal Household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Kent

On the 31st October 2022, The Lady Colgrain, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Kent.

Ms Judith Jane Armitt
Sir Stephen Deuchar CBE
Mrs Tracy Luke MBE
Mr Paul James O’Grady MBE
Mr James Gregory Ryeland
Mr Gurvinder Sandher MBE
Mrs Susie Warran-Smith CBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of County Antrim

On 4th November 2022, Mr David McCorkell, Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of County Antrim.

Mrs Jane Allen

Professor Mark Alexander Taylor CStJ

New Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk

On the 4th November 2022, Clare, Countess of Euston, Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Suffolk.

Commodore Robert James Astley Bellfield CBE ADC
Mr Mark Joseph Brennan
Mrs Erika Constance Jane Clegg
The Honourable Selina Karen Hopkins
His Honour Judge Martyn Levett
Mrs Bridget Mcintyre MBE
Mr Oliver William Paul
Mr Stephen Singleton MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian

Ms Moira Niven MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of West Lothian has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian.

Mrs Allison Kennedy OBE

New Members of the Order of Merit

On the 11th November 2022, His Majesty The King appointed six new members of the Order of Merit (OM) and they are as follows:

Sir David Frank Adjaye OBE
Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu DBE
The Rt Hon. Baroness Benjamin of Beckenham DBE
Professor Margaret Olwen MacMillan CH CC
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse CH
Sir Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear

Ms Lucy Winskell OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear.

Mr Gavin MacFarlane Black CBE DL JP

New Deputy Lieutenants of Fife

Mr Robert Balfour, Lord-Lieutenant of Fife has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Fife.

Mrs Linda Bissett MVO DL
Mrs Clare Mitchell DL
Professor Jean Ker OBE DL
Group Captain James Leggat OBE DL

New Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

Robert Voss CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

The Reverend Patrick Moriarty

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London

On the 11th October 2022, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London.

Brigadier Patrick Davidson-Houston CBE
Mr Pablo Blackwood
Mr Matthew Burrow
Mr Ian Dyson QPM
Mr Himanshu Jain
Ms Manju Malhi BEM
Ms Geraldine Norris
Mr David Utting
Major Richard Wilson MBE
Miss Patricia Windsor MVO
Mrs YolanDa Brown

New Deputy Lieutenants of Shropshire

Mrs Anna Turner JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Shropshire.

Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Brettell
Mrs Clarissa Daly
Mr Robert Anthony Morris-Eyton Frics
Mr Gareth John Lancaster Williams

New Deputy Lieutenants of Orkney

On the 30th September 2022, Ms Elaine Grieve, Lord-Lieutenant of Orkney commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Orkney.

Mrs Jacqueline Seatter
Mr Kevin Kirkpatrick
Mrs Kristen Norquoy
Mr Les Donaldson

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Belfast

Dame Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Belfast.

Ms Cheryl Lamont CBE
Dr Howard James Hastings OBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire

Nigel Atkinson, Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire.

The Rt Hon The Lord Ashburton
Mrs Maggie Carver CBE
Mr Simon Tufnell