Wednesday, 28 October 2015

Life Peerage for Former MP for South Leicestershire

The Rt Hon. Andrew Robert George Robathan has been granted the title of Baron Robathan, of Poultney in the County of Leicestershire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Bexhill

The Rt Hon. Gregory Leonard George Barker has been granted the title of Baron Barker of Battle, of Battle in the County of East Sussex. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham

The Rt Hon. The Viscount Hailsham PC QC has been granted the title of Baron Hailsham of Kettlethorpe, of Kettlethorpe in the County of Lincolnshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Chair of the Liberal Democrats

Ms Lorely Jane Burt has been granted the title of Baroness Burt of Solihull, of Solihull in the County of West Midlands. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former Foreign Secretary

The Rt Hon. William Jefferson Hague has been granted the title of Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Leader of the Wiltshire Council

Ms Jane Antoinette Scott OBE has been granted the title of Baroness Scott of Bybrook, of Upper Wraxall in the County of Wiltshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Chairman of the National Conservative Convention

Ms Emma Samantha Pidding CBE has been granted the title of Baroness Pidding, of Amersham in the County of Buckinghamshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Bath

The Rt Hon. Donald Michael Ellison Foster has been granted the title of Baron Foster of Bath, of Bath in the County of Somerset. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Leader of North Lincolnshire Council

Ms Elizabeth Marie Redfern has been granted the title of Baroness Redfern, of the Isle of Axholme in the County of Lincolnshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Sunday, 18 October 2015

MVO for Queen’s Horticulturist

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Mr Mark Flanagan Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Keeper of the Gardens at Windsor Great Park.

Monday, 12 October 2015

New Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight

Major General Martin White CB CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight.

Mrs Claire Locke

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire

David Briggs MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire.

Mr Robert Barrow
Mr Dennis Dunn MBE JP
Mr Mark Steven Mitchell
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Sellers
Mr John James Sumner

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire

James Ingleby, Lord-Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire.

The Most Honourable Joanna Clodagh Gordon, The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair DL

Life Peerage for Former MP for Thirsk and Malton

Ms Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh has been granted the title of Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, of the Vale of York in the County of North Yorkshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Co-Treasurer of the Conservative Party

Mr James Roger Crompton Lupton CBE has been granted the title of Baron Lupton, of Lovington in the County of Hampshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister

Mr Jonathan Oates has been granted the title of Baron Oates, of Denby Grange in the County of West Yorkshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former MP for South Cambridgeshire

The Right Honourable Andrew David Lansley CBE has been granted the title of Baron Lansley, of Orwell in the County of Cambridgeshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Councillor for Kew

Ms Shaista Ahmad Sheehan has been granted the title of Baroness Sheehan, of Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton and of Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for the Director of the Conservative Friends of Israel

Mr Stuart Polak CBE has been granted the title of Baron Polak, of Hertsmere in the County of Hertfordshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for the Managing Director of Floreat Education

Mr James Richard O’Shaughnessy has been granted the title of Baron O’Shaughnessy, of Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.