New Member of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Group Captain Mark Driver to be a member of Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

New Lord Lieutenant for Royal County of Berkshire

Mr James Puxley DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire succeeding The Honourable Mrs Mary Bayliss when she retires on 14 January 2015.

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP
The Rt Hon.The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
The Rt Hon.The Lord Kakkar
Mr Mark Simmonds MP
The Rt Hon.The Baroness Kramer
Ms Jenny Willott MP

Queen Appoints New Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Rt Hon. Baron Hope of Craighead KT PC Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2015.

Lord Hope of Craighead will be the Queen’s personal representative within the Church of Scotland.

As Lord High Commissioner Lord Hope of Craighead will carry out the opening and closing addresses at the General Assembly.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall

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

Mr Simon Patrick Sherrard
Group Captain Michael Roland Trace OBE RAF (retd)
Rear Admiral Michael George Wood CBE JP

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr Justice Bean
Lady Justice King
Mr Justice Burnett
Mr Justice Gillen
Mr Justice Sales

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Brig Richard A. W. Spencer OBE Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands

Paul Sabapathy CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands.

Mrs Louise Diane Bayliss-Bennett OBE
Mr Abdul Rashid Gatrad OBE
Mr Steven Hollis
Professor Geoffrey Layer OBE
Mr Jonathan Webber MBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Tyne and Wear

Sir Nigel Sherlock KCVO OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Tyne and Wear.

Lieutenant Colonel Bibek Banerjee
Professor Christopher Paul Day
Mr Nicholas Adam Hodnett Fenwick
Mrs Susan Karen Sim QPM
Ms Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell OBE

KCVO for Clerk of the Closet

The Right Reverend Dr Christopher John Hill has been appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Clerk of the Closet and Head of Her Majesty’s College of Chaplains.

LVO for Queen’s Deputy Archivist

Mrs Elizabeth Jill Kelsey MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Deputy Archivist at the Royal Archives.

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Glamorgan

D. Byron Lewis, Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Glamorgan.

Mr William Hopkins
Ms Joanna Jenkins MBE JP
Mr Peter Jones
Mr Roger Smith JP

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.

The Very Reverend William Morton

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Group Captain J. J. Attridge OBE Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of South Glamorgan

Dr Peter Beck, Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of South Glamorgan.

Colonel Kevin Davies MBE RRC TD
Mr David Ward Jenkins
Dr Huw Ritchie Jenkins FRCP
Commander Neil Pugh RNR
Mrs Susan Nicola Thomas

High Sheriffs of England and Wales

On the 13th of November 2014 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2015, 2016 and 2017 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

2015/2016: The Countess of Erroll
2016/2017: Mr Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread
2017/2018: Mr Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor

For the Royal County of Berkshire

2015/2016: Mr David Montagu Albermarle Bertie
2016/2017: Mrs Victoria Jane Fishburn
2017/2018: Mrs Adrian Scrope

For the County of Buckinghamshire

2015/2016: Mrs Anna Francesca Skelton DL
2016/2017: The Hon. Mrs Camilla Rose Soames
2017/2018: Mr Ian David Coull

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2015/2016: Captain Victor Harold Lucas RN DL
2016/2017: Mr Christopher David Vane Percy
2017/2018: Sir Thomas David Guy Arculus

For the County of Cheshire

2015/2016: Mr Charles William Holroyd CBE
2016/2017: Mrs Kathrine Helen Cowell OBE
2017/2018: Mrs Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett

For the City of Bristol

2015/2016: Dr Rosalind Penelope Kennedy
2016/2017: Ms Helen Mary Wilde
2017/2018: Mr Anthony Roger Ernest Brown

For the County of Cumbria

2015/2016: Mr Samuel Alan Miles Rayner
2016/2017: The Reverend (Group Captain) Thomas Richard Lee (RAF rtd)
2017/2018: Mr Alistair George Milne Wannop

For the County of Derbyshire

2015/2016: Mr Oliver George Stephenson
2016/2017: Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fothergill
2017/2018: Mr John Richard Rivers CBE

For the County of Devon

2015/2016: Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE
2016/2017: Mrs Angela Mary Gilbert
2017/2018: Mrs Heleen Lindsay-Fynn

For the County of Dorset

2015/2016: Mrs Jennifer Sheila Coombs
2016/2017: Mr Philip Henry Warr
2017/2018: Sir Robert Philip Nathaniel Williams Bt

For the County of Durham

2015/2016: Mr James Mark Featherstone Fenwick
2016/2017: Mr Gerard Charles Joseph Salvin
2017/2018: Mrs Caroline Patricia Peacock

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire

2015/2016: Mr James Lawrence Dick
2016/2017: Mr Thomas Gordon Martin
2017/2018: Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Drewry

For the County of East Sussex

2015/2016: Mrs Juliet Anne Smith
2016/2017: Mr Michael Jabez Foster
2017/2018: Mrs Maureen Jane Chowen

For the County of Essex

2015/2016: Mr Simon Andrew Dalton Hall MBE
2016/2017: Mr Gerald Vincent Bodenham Thompson
2017/2018: Mrs Lorna Jane Rolfe

For the County of Gloucestershire

2015/2016: Mr Roger John Head
2016/2017: The Rt Hon. The Countess Bathurst
2017/2018: Lt-Col Andrew James Tabor

For Greater London

2015/2016: Dr Ghazala Afzal
2016/2017: Sir Nigel Knowles
2017/2018: Mr William James Furber

For the County of Hampshire

2015/2016: Lady Portal
2016/2017: Mr Thomas Henry Floyd
2017/2018: The Hon. Mrs Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott

For the County of Herefordshire

2015/2016: Mr Edward Mortimer Harley
2016/2017: Sir Robert James Rogers KCB
2017/2018: Mr William James Jackson

For the County of Hertfordshire

2015/2016: Mr Jonathan Charles Gosselin Trower
2016/2017: Mr Stelio Haralambos Stefanou
2017/2018: Mr William Arthur Hobhouse

For the County of Isle of Wight

2015/2016: Mr Ronald Thomas Holland
2016/2017: Mr Robin Vandeleur Courage
2017/2018: Mr Benedict Malcolm Anthony Sebastian Rouse

For the County of Kent

2015/2016: Mr William Alexander
2016/2017: Mrs Kathrin Fiona Smallwood
2017/2018: Mr George Elphinstone Jessel

For the County of Leicestershire

2015/2016: Mr Gordon Drake Arthur
2016/2017: Mr Surinder Sharma
2017/2018: Mr Timothy Paul Maxted

For the County of Lincolnshire

2015/2016: Air Vice Marshal Hector Gavin Mackay CB OBE AFC
2016/2017: Mrs Jill Gabriel Anne Mary Hughes
2017/2018: Mr Andrew Simon Clark

For the County of Norfolk

2015/2016: Mr Nicholas Julian Hedley Pratt
2016/2017: Major General Sir William George Cubitt KCVO CBE
2017/2018: Mr Alfred James Stephen Bagge

For the County of Northamptonshire

2015/2016: Mr Ahmed Ibrahim Mukhtar
2016/2017: Mrs Caroline Cordelia Brocklehurst
2017/2018: Mr Rupert Fordham

For the County of Northumberland

2015/2016: Mrs Lucy Helen Maxwell Carroll
2016/2017: Mr William Browne-Swinburne
2017/2018: Mr John Robert Dickinson

For the County of North Yorkshire

2015/2016: Mr Charles David Forbes Adam
2016/2017: Mr John Wilson Furness
2017/2018: Mr Simon Murraugh Wrightson

For the County of Nottinghamshire

2015/2016: Dr Jaswant Singh Bilkhu
2016/2017: Mrs Judith Lynn Naake
2017/2018: Colonel David Rupert Sneath TD

For the County of Oxfordshire

2015/2016: Mr Thomas Henry Birch Reynardson
2016/2017: Mrs Sarah Jane Taylor
2017/2018: Miss Jane Elizabeth Cranston

For the County of Rutland

2015/2016: Mr Andrew Jonathan Brown
2016/2017: Dr Sarah Haddon Furness
2017/2018: Mr Craig Lancelot Mitchell

For the County of Shropshire

2015/2016: Mr David Robert Stacey
2016/2017: Mrs Christine Mary Holmes
2017/2018: Mr Charles Edward Lillis

For the County of Somerset

2015/2016: The Hon. Mrs James Nelson
2016/2017: Mr Edward Bayntun-Coward
2017/2018: Mr Richard Saladin Hickmet

For the County of South Yorkshire

2015/2016: Mr John Raymond Holt
2016/2017: Mrs Julie MacDonald
2017/2018: Mr David Grey MBE

For the County of Staffordshire

2015/2016: Mr John William Leavesley
2016/2017: Colonel David Lennox Leigh TD
2017/2018: Mr Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff

For the County of Suffolk

2015/2016: Mrs Judith Veronica Shallow
2016/2017: Mr William Bruce Kendall
2017/2018: Mr Geoffrey Thomas Carwardine Probert

For the County of Surrey

2015/2016: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Stafford Kennedy
2016/2017: Mr Richard Whittington
2017/2018: Mr Nicholas James Shore Wood-Dow

For the County of Tyne and Wear

2015/2016: Miss Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell OBE
2016/2017: Mr John Dennis Mowbray OBE
2017/2018: Lt-General Robin Vaughan Brims (Rtd) CB CBE DSO

For the County of Warwickshire

2015/2016: Mrs Janet Alison Bell-Smith
2016/2017: Mr Richard Markham D’Aguilar Samuda
2017/2018: Mr Mark Edward Trehearne Davies

For the County of West Midlands

2015/2016: Mr Edward Jonathan Turpie MBE
2016/2017: Mr Keith Bradshaw
2017/2018: Mr Steven Hollis

For the County of West Sussex

2015/2016: Mrs Denise Lesley Anne Patterson
2016/2017: Mr Michael Prideaux
2017/2018: The Lady Emma Lavinia Barnard

For the County of West Yorkshire

2015/2016: Mr Edmund John Seward Anderson
2016/2017: Mr Christopher John Brown
2017/2018: Dr Terence George Bramall CBE

For the County of Wiltshire

2015/2016: Lady Gooch
2016/2017: Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE DL
2017/2018: The Lady Marland

For the County of Worcestershire

2015/2016: Sir Anthony Edward Winnington Bt
2016/2017: Sir Nicholas Anthony Hungerford Lechmere Bt
2017/2018: Mr Stephen Alexander Betts


Wales

For the County of Clwyd

2015/2016: Mrs Janet Patricia Evans
2016/2017: Mr James Peter O’Toole
2017/2018: Mrs Charlotte Henrietta Gaylyn Howard

For the County of Dyfed

2015/2016: Mr James Edward Charles Raw-Rees
2016/2017: Mr James Wilfrid Poyer Lewis
2017/2018: Professor Medwin Hughes

For the County of Gwent

2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Simon Tuggey
2016/2017: Mr Anthony John Clay
2017/2018: Mr John Kevin Lynn Thomas

For the County of Gwynedd

2015/2016: Dr Elizabeth Mary Nesbit Andrews MBE
2016/2017: Mr Peter Harlech Jones
2017/2018: Professor Sian Hope

For the County of Mid Glamorgan

2015/2016: Mrs Jayne Ann James
2016/2017: Mr Gwynfryn John George
2017/2018: Mr David John Davies

For the County of Powys

2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hugh Ledston Lewis (Retd)
2016/2017: Mrs Ann Tudor
2017/2018: Mrs Susan Elizabeth Thompson

For the County of South Glamorgan

2015/2016: Professor Heather Vivienne Stevens CBE
2016/2017: Professor John David Williams OBE
2017/2018: Mr Gilbert Campbell Lloyd

For the County of West Glamorgan

2015/2016: Mr Robert Michael Redfern
2016/2017: Professor Donna May Mead OBE
2017/2018: Mrs Roberta Louise Fleet

               

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Acting Colonel Martyn Russel Wills MBE Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Honorary Chaplain to The Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Reverend Wing Commander I. S. Ward Honorary Chaplain to her household in succession to The Venerable Air Vice-Marshal Raymond Jackson Pentland CB.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Dorset

Angus Campbell, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Dorset.

Mr James Randolf Gibson Fleming DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire

Tony Worth, Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire.

Ms Camilla Edwina Carlbom Flinn
Mr John Godfrey CBE
Sir Reginald Thomas Newman Tyrwhitt Bt
Air Vice Marshal Sir Stuart Peach KCB CBE ADC BA MPhil DTech DLitt FRAeS RAF

CVO for Queen’s Lady-in-Waiting

Mrs Michael Gordon Lennox LVO has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lady-in-Waiting to Her Majesty the Queen.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast

Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle CBE, Lord Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast.

Sir Nigel Hamilton KCB DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire

Hugh Duberly CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cambridgeshire.

Mr John William Bridge OBE
Mr Benjamin Hartley Damazer FIMC JP
Mr Jeremy Henry Moore Newsum
Colonel Timothy John Seal TD