New Lord Lieutenant for Nairnshire

Mr George Russell Asher DL has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Nairnshire succeeding Mr Ewen Brodie CVO who retired on the 16th December 2017.

New Colonel of the Grenadier Guards

His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG GCVO ADC has been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen to succeed His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GCVO GBE as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - a post which HRH the Duke of Edinburgh had held since 1975. The Duke of York’s appointment comes following the Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement from public life in the autumn of this year.

Her Majesty the Queen Revokes Honours

Her Majesty The Queen has decreed that the following persons shall have their Honour cancelled, annulled and their name shall be erased from the Register of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Mr Malcolm Belchamber to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 30th December 2004.
Mr Derek Charles Eaglestone to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 10th June 1994.
Mr Trevor George Francis to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 15th June 2012.
Ms Anne Ganley to be stripped of an OBE awarded on 28th December 2012.
Mr David John Kemp to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 30th December 2013.
Ms Paula Marie Vasco-Knight to be stripped of an CBE awarded on 30th December 2013.

Her Majesty the Queen Revokes Top Policeman’s Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has decreed that the award of the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) to Mr Nicholas James Gargan on the 30th December 2011 shall be cancelled and annulled. Mr Gargan, former Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset police constabulary was stripped of his honour after being found guilty of multiple counts of misconduct.

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.

Ms Isabel McIntyre
Mr William David Young

New Deputy Lieutenants of North Yorkshire

Barry Dodd CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of North Yorkshire.

Ms Heather Hancock LVO
Captain Stephen Upright RN
Mr Trevor Watson
Ms Clare Wood

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire

Nigel Atkinson, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.

Rear Admiral Iain Henderson CB CBE DL

LVO for Queen’s Head Auditor

Mr Ian David Cornish MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Head of Audit Services to the Royal Household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire

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

The Hon Hugo Cubitt
Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis CBE
Dame Judith Macgregor DCMG LVO
The Hon Mrs Mary Montagu-Scott

New Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey

Mr Michael More-Molyneux, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey.

Mr Richard Gordon Whittington
Mr Robert Stewart Napier CBE
Mr Paul John Layzell

New Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire

Timothy Cox, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire.

Mr Pal Singh Sanghera
Mrs Janet Alison Smith

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester

Warren Smith, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester.

Sir Howard Bernstein
Ms Lucy Danger
Mrs Elaine Griffiths MBE
Mrs Mary-Liz Walker JP

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire

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

Ms Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett
Mr Thomas Emment Meredydd Jones David OBE
Mr Naser Michel Fouad
Mr Nicholas Peter Hopkinson MBE
Ms Lynn Pegler
Mr Howard Wilson Platt
Ms Eleanor Underhill

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall

Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall.

Mrs Jane Margaret Hartley
Mrs Katharine Mary Holborow
Mr James Buller Kitson
Professor John Robert Sneyd

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall

Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Cornwall has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.

Mr Peter Wilton Davies MBE DL

New Harbinger of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major David Kennard to be Harbinger of Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms following the retirement of Colonel The Reverend Richard Whittington MBE.

New Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke of York

His Royal Highness The Duke of York has appointed Miss Harriet Lillie to the position of Assistant Private Secretary within His Royal Highness’s Household.

LVO for Queen’s Auditor

Miss Shelley Anne Chambers MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Deputy Head of Audit Services to the Royal Household.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Commodore David C. McLoughlin OBE MB BCh BAO MSc MRCGP FFOM DRCOG DAvMed RAF to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Commodore Richard D. J. Withnall MA MBBS MSc (Primary Care) FRCGP DRCOG DFFP MRAeS FCMI RAF to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.