RVM for Queen’s Gardener

Mr Daren James Palmer has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as a Gardener on the Sandringham Estate.

RVM for Royal Protection Officer

Constable James Michael Williams has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as Royal Protection Officer.

RVM for Assistant dresser to the Queen

Ms Joanne Dermott has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for her service as Assistant dresser to the Queen.

RVM for Royal Protection Officer

Constable Gary Robert Copeland has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as Royal Protection Officer.

RVM (Gold) for Valet to the Duke of Edinburgh

Mr David Berwick RVM has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Gold (RVM) for his service as Valet to the Duke of Edinburgh.

MVO for Royal Protection Officer

Sgt Andrew David Thomas has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service to Royal Protection.

MVO for Dressmaker to the Queen

Mr Stewart Charles Reginald Parvin has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Dressmaker to the Queen.

MVO for Senior Carriage Restorer at Royal Mews

Mr Martin Paul Oates RVM has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Senior Carriage Restorer at Royal Mews.

MVO for The Queen’s page

Mr Barry John Mitford RVM has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as The Queen’s page.

MVO for Royal Collection Armourer

Mr Simon David Metcalf has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Royal Collection Armourer.

MVO for Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Essex

Ms Lorraine Denise King has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as Deputy Clerk to the lieutenancy of Essex.

MVO for the Kennel man on Sandringham estate

Mr Alan William Goodship RVM has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Kennel man on the Sandringham estate.

LVO for the Consultant Dermatologist to the Royal Household

Dr Richard Charles David Staughton has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Consultant dermatologist to the Royal Household.

LVO for Head of HR for the royal household

Ms Sarah Squire has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Head of HR for the royal household.

LVO for Senior Communications Officer of the Royal Household

Mr David Paul Pogson MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as senior communications officer of the royal household.

LVO for Former Usher to the Queen

Major General Alasdair Ian Gordon Kennedy CB CBE has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Usher to Her Majesty the Queen.

LVO for Former Usher to the Queen

Commodore John Rowland Hance CBE has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Usher to Her Majesty the Queen.

LVO for the Apothecary to the Queen and Royal Households

Dr Timothy Hugh David Evans has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Apothecary to the Queen and royal households.

LVO for Assistant Archivist in the Royal Archives

Ms Allison Sharaon Patricia Derrett MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Assistant Archivist in the Royal Archives.

LVO for Assistant private secretary to the Duchess of Cornwall

Ms Sophia Louisa Densham has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Assistant private secretary to the Duchess of Cornwall.

LVO for Deputy Private Secretary to the Duchess of Gloucester

Ms Lucinda Katharine Elizabeth Baker has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Deputy Private Secretary to the Duchess of Gloucester.

LVO for the Duchy of Lancaster’s Finance Chief

Mr Christopher John Adcock has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Duchy of Lancaster’s finance chief.

CVO for Former Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

Professor Howard John Williamson CBE has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as a trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

CVO for Royal Solicitor

Mr Gerrard Tyrrell LVO has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Solicitor to the Royal Household.

CVO for Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries

Mrs Jean Douglas Tulloch has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries.

CVO for Assistant secretary at the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood

Mr Jeremy Patrick Bagwell Purefoy LVO has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Assistant secretary (Insignia) at the Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood.

CVO for Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles

Mr Alexander Matheson OBE has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles.

CVO for Former Official Secretary to the Governor of New South Wales

Mr Brian Leslie Davies LVO has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as official secretary to the Governor of New South Wales.

New Companion of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Sir Roy Colin Strong a member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) for his service to culture.

New Year’s Honours 2016

The New Year’s honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

CH:
Sir Roy Colin Strong

Knighthood:
Mr Henry Bellingham MP
The Rt Hon. Edward Davey
Mr Martyn Lewis CBE
Mr A.P. McCoy OBE
Mr Jack Petchey CBE
Mr Alan Yarrow

DBE:
Ms Sian Philips OBE
Miss Barbara Winsor MBE
The Rt Hon. Rosalie Winterton MP

CBE:
Ms Jacqueline Gold
Mr Denis Law
Mr Francis Lee
Ms Imela Staunton OBE
Mr John Surtees OBE
Mr Simon Weston OBE

OBE:
Mr Damon Albarn
Mrs Sue Barker MBE
Mr Idris Elba
Mr Chris Froome
Mr James Nesbitt
Mr Ronnie O’ Sullivan

MBE:

Mr Mark Cueto
Mr Carl Frampton
Miss Steph Houghton
Goldie (Mr Clifford Joseph Price)
Miss Fara Williams

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2016.

LVO for British Diplomat

Miss Susan Jayne Elliott MVO MBE was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service at the British High Commission in Malta.

LVO for the Deputy High Commissioner of Malta

Mr Jonathan Paul Knight was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Deputy High Commissioner of Malta.

CVO for Royal Finance Manager

Mr Peter Walter has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Finance and Project Co-ordinator for the Royal Household.

CVO for High commissioner of Malta

Mr Robert Haydon Vernon Luke has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as High commissioner of Malta.

New Lord Lieutenant for Dyfed

Miss Sara Elinor Edwards DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Dyfed succeeding Hon Robin Lewis CVO OBE who retires on the 7 February 2016.

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.

David A Kerfoot MBE
Sir Martin Narey
Margaret Sentamu
Sir Harry Wilmot

New Clerk of Lieutenancy for East Sussex

Peter Field, Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex has commissioned Mr Geoff Raw to the position of Clerk to the lieutenancy of East Sussex.

Life Peerage for Former Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Right Honourable Alistair Maclean Darling has been granted the title of Baron Darling of Roulanish, of Great Bernera in the County of Ross and Cromarty. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Lanarkshire

Mushtaq Ahmad OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Lanarkshire.

Mr Derrick Hannan
Ms Shuming Kong
Mr Liaquat Ali
Mrs Janet Low
Colonel Stuart Roberts
Mr Millar Stoddart

Honorary Companion of Honour for Desmond Tutu

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu an Honorary member of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) for his service to communities within the UK and for his role in International Peace and Reconciliation.

Today Prince Harry presented Archbishop Tutu with his Insignia in Cape Town, South Africa as part of his current tour of the region.

GCMG for the Governor-General of Saint Christopher and Nevis

The Queen has appointed His Excellency Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton CVO QC JP the honour of Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (GCMG) for his service as Governor-General of Saint Christopher and Nevis.

CVO for the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister

On the 21st November 2015 Mr Christopher Jon Martin CB was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Mr Martin passed away today due to cancer aged just 42. My Thoughts go to his family at this difficult time.

High Sheriffs of England and Wales

On the 12th of November 2015 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2016, 2017 and 2018 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

2016/2017: Mr Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread
2017/2018: Mr Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor
2018/2019: Mr Arthur Julian George Polhill

For the Royal County of Berkshire

2016/2017: Mrs Victoria Jane Fishburn
2017/2018: Mrs Adrian Scrope
2018/2019: Mr Graham Barker

For the County of Buckinghamshire

2016/2017: The Hon. Mrs Camilla Rose Soames
2017/2018: Mr Michael George Clare
2018/2019: Professor Ruth Sarah Farwell CBE

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2016/2017: Sir Thomas David Guy Arculus
2017/2018: Mr Richard Francis Antony Pemberton
2018/2019: Mr Andrew Charles Harter

For the County of Cheshire

2016/2017: Mrs Kathrine Helen Cowell OBE
2017/2018: Mrs Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett
2018/2019: Mrs Alexis Jane Redmond MBE

For the City of Bristol

2016/2017: Ms Helen Mary Wilde
2017/2018: Mr Anthony Roger Ernest Brown
2018/2019: Mr Roger Gordon Opie

For the County of Cumbria

2016/2017: The Reverend (Group Captain) Thomas Richard Lee (RAF rtd)
2017/2018: Mr Alistair George Milne Wannop
2018/2019: Mr Simon Frederick Michael Berry

For the County of Derbyshire

2016/2017: Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fothergill
2017/2018: Mrs Anne Hazel Hall
2018/2019: Mrs Lucy Belinda Palmer

For the County of Devon

2016/2017: Mrs Angela Mary Gilbert
2017/2018: Mrs Heleen Vanda Mary Willson Lindsay-Fynn
2018/2019: Mrs Grania Tiffany Phillips

For the County of Dorset

2016/2017: Sir Robert Philip Nathaniel Williams Bt
2017/2018: Mr Simon John Young MC
2018/2019: Mrs Jacqueline Anne Swift

For the County of Durham

2016/2017: Mr Gerard Charles Joseph Salvin
2017/2018: Mrs Caroline Patricia Peacock
2018/2019: Dr Stephen Michael Cronin

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire

2016/2017: Mr Thomas Gordon Martin
2017/2018: Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Drewry
2018/2019: Mrs Deborah Jane Rosenberg

For the County of East Sussex

2016/2017: Mr Michael Jabez Foster
2017/2018: Mrs Maureen Jane Chowen
2018/2019: Major General John David Moore-Bick CBE

For the County of Essex

2016/2017: Mrs Lorna Jane Rolfe
2017/2018: Mr Simon Andrew Dalton Hall MBE
2018/2019: Mr Bryan Robert Hardy Burrough

For the County of Gloucestershire

2016/2017: The Rt Hon. The Countess Bathurst
2017/2018: Lt-Col Andrew James Tabor
2018/2019: Mr Charles Martell

For Greater London

2016/2017: Sir Nigel Knowles
2017/2018: Mr William James Furber
2018/2019: Mr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer

For the County of Hampshire

2016/2017: Mr Thomas Henry Floyd
2017/2018: The Hon. Mrs Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott
2018/2019: Mr Mark Edward Thislewayte

For the County of Herefordshire

2016/2017: Mr William James Jackson
2017/2018: The Rev. Lady Lisvane
2018/2019: Mr Thomas Nathaniel Hone

For the County of Hertfordshire

2016/2017: Mr Stelio Haralambos Stefanou
2017/2018: Mr William Arthur Hobhouse
2018/2019: Mrs Suzana Rose Harvey

For the County of Isle of Wight

2016/2017: Mr Robin Vandeleur Courage MBE
2017/2018: Mr Benedict Malcolm Anthony Sebastian Rouse
2018/2019: Dr Nicholas John England

For the County of Kent

2016/2017: Mrs Kathrin Fiona Smallwood
2017/2018: Mr George Elphinstone Jessel
2018/2019: The Hon. Nicholas John Boscawen

For the County of Leicestershire

2016/2017: Mr Surinder Sharma
2017/2018: Mr Timothy Paul Maxted
2018/2019: Mrs Diana Thompson

For the County of Lincolnshire

2016/2017: Mrs Jill Gabriel Anne Mary Hughes
2017/2018: Mr Andrew Simon Clark
2018/2019: Mr Ian Harrup Walter

For the County of Norfolk

2016/2017: Major General Sir William George Cubitt KCVO CBE
2017/2018: Mr Alfred James Stephen Bagge
2018/2019: Mr Charles Jonathon Watt

For the County of Northamptonshire

2016/2017: Mrs Caroline Cordelia Brocklehurst
2017/2018: Mr Rupert Fordham
2018/2019: Mr James Saunders Watson

For the County of Northumberland

2016/2017: Mr William Browne-Swinburne
2017/2018: Mr John Robert Dickinson
2018/2019: Mr Michael William Orde

For the County of North Yorkshire

2016/2017: Mr John Wilson Furness
2017/2018: Mr Simon Murraugh Wrightson
2018/2019: Mr Christopher John Charles Legard

For the County of Nottinghamshire

2016/2017: Mrs Judith Lynn Naake
2017/2018: Colonel David Rupert Sneath TD
2018/2019: Mr Nicholas Richard Brian Ebbs

For the County of Oxfordshire

2016/2017: Mrs Sarah Jane Taylor
2017/2018: Miss Jane Elizabeth Cranston
2018/2019: Mr Richard Venables

For the County of Rutland

2016/2017: Dr Sarah Haddon Furness
2017/2018: Mr Craig Lancelot Mitchell
2018/2019: Mrs Margaret Susan Jarron

For the County of Shropshire

2016/2017: Mrs Christine Mary Holmes
2017/2018: Mr Charles Edward Lillis
2018/2019: Mr Rhoderick Martin Swire

For the County of Somerset

2016/2017: Mr Edward Bayntun-Coward
2017/2018: Mr Richard Saladin Hickmet
2018/2019: Mr Denis Andrew Southerden Burn

For the County of South Yorkshire

2016/2017: Mrs Julie MacDonald
2017/2018: Mr David Grey MBE
2018/2019: Mr Stephen Ingram

For the County of Staffordshire

2016/2017: Colonel David Lennox Leigh TD
2017/2018: Mr Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff
2018/2019: Mrs Philippa Jane Gee

For the County of Suffolk

2016/2017: Mr William Bruce Kendall
2017/2018: Mr Geoffrey Thomas Carwardine Probert
2018/2019: Mr George Moubray William Vestey

For the County of Surrey

2016/2017: Mr Richard Whittington
2017/2018: Mr Nicholas James Shore Wood-Dow
2018/2019: Mr Robert Stewart Napier CBE

For the County of Tyne and Wear

2016/2017: Mr John Dennis Mowbray OBE
2017/2018: Lt-General Robin Vaughan Brims (Rtd) CB CBE DSO
2018/2019: Mr Paul Michael Callaghan CBE

For the County of Warwickshire

2016/2017: Mr Richard Markham D’Aguilar Samuda
2017/2018: Mr Mark Edward Trehearne Davies
2018/2019: Mrs Clare Anna Insull Sawdon

For the County of West Midlands

2016/2017: Dr Keith Bradshaw
2017/2018: Mr John Lewis Hudson OBE
2018/2019: Mr Christopher Thomas Loughran

For the County of West Sussex

2016/2017: Mr David Mark Spofforth OBE
2017/2018: The Lady Emma Lavinia Barnard
2018/2019: Mrs Caroline Nicholls

For the County of West Yorkshire

2016/2017: Mr Christopher John Brown
2017/2018: Dr Terence George Bramall CBE
2018/2019: Mr Charles Richard Jackson MBE

For the County of Wiltshire

2016/2017: Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE DL
2017/2018: The Lady Marland
2018/2019: Mrs Nicola Alberry

For the County of Worcestershire

2016/2017: Sir Nicholas Anthony Hungerford Lechmere Bt
2017/2018: Mr Stephen Alexander Betts
2018/2019: Mr Cassian Blaise Luke Letchmere Roberts


Wales


For the County of Clwyd

2016/2017: Mr James Peter O’Toole
2017/2018: Mrs Charlotte Henrietta Gaylyn Howard
2018/2019: Lady Hanmer

For the County of Dyfed

2016/2017: Professor Medwin Hughes
2017/2018: Mrs Susan Carol Balsom
2018/2019: Mr Stephen Mansel Davies

For the County of Gwent

2016/2017: Mr Anthony John Clay
2017/2018: Mr John Kevin Lynn Thomas
2018/2019: Mrs Sharon Evelyn Lesley

For the County of Gwynedd

2016/2017: Mr Peter Harlech Jones
2017/2018: Professor Sian Hope
2018/2019: Mr David Gwynfor Morgan

For the County of Mid Glamorgan

2016/2017: Mr Gwynfryn John George
2017/2018: Mr David John Davies
2018/2019: Mr Jonathan Hugh Wall

For the County of Powys

2016/2017: Mrs Ann Tudor
2017/2018: Mrs Susan Elizabeth Thompson
2018/2019: Mr David Rowland Price

For the County of South Glamorgan

2016/2017: Professor John David Williams OBE
2017/2018: Mr Gilbert Campbell Lloyd
2018/2019: Mr Brian Charles Lakin

For the County of West Glamorgan

2016/2017: Professor Donna May Mead OBE
2017/2018: Mrs Roberta Louise Fleet
2018/2019: Mr Henry Michael Gilbert

Life Peerage for Professor of Nursing

Professor Mary Jane Watkins has been granted the title of Baroness Watkins of Tavistock, of Buckland Monachorum in the County of Devon. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

Life Peerage for the Vice-Chancellor of Aston University

Dame Julia Elizabeth King DBE FREng has been granted the title of Baroness Brown of Cambridge, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

Life Peerage for the Founder of The Big Issue

Mr John Anthony Bird MBE has been granted the title of Baron Bird, of Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

Life Peerage for Former Master of Jesus College in Cambridge

Mr Robert James Mair CBE FRS, FICE, FREng has been granted the title of Baron Mair, of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen City

Councillor George Adam, Lord Provost of Aberdeen has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen City.

Lady Catto (Joan)

New Deputy Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire

John Cochrane Stewart, Lord-Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire.

Mr John Charles Spruce

New Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian

Isobel Gunning Brydie MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of West Lothian has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian.

Ms Moira Niven MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Londonderry

Denis Desmond CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Londonderry.

Mrs Helen Mark

Life Peerage for Former MP for Dulwich and West Norwood

The Rt Hon. Dame Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell DBE has been granted the title of Baroness Jowell, of Brixton in the London Borough of Lambeth. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Bristol South

The Rt Hon. Dame Dawn Primarolo DBE has been granted the title of Baroness Primarolo, of Windmill Hill in the City of Bristol. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Hazel Grove

Sir Robert Andrew Stunell OBE has been granted the title of Baron Stunell, of Hazel Grove in the County of Greater Manchester. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former MP for St Helens North

Mr David Leonard Watts has been granted the title of Baron Watts, of Ravenhead in the County of Merseyside. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

Life Peerage for former MEP for South East England

Ms Sharon Margaret Bowles has been granted the title of Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted, of Bourne End in the County of Hertfordshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister

Ms Catherine Fall has been granted the title of Baroness Fall, of Ladbroke Grove in the Royal Borough of Kensington. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Neath

The Rt Hon. Peter Gerald Hain has been granted the title of Baron Hain, of Neath in the County of West Glamorgan. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

Life Peerage for Senior Campaign Strategist for the Labour Party

Mr Spencer Elliot Livermore has been granted the title of Baron Livermore, of Rotherhithe in the London Borough of Southwark. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

Life Peerage for the Mayor of Watford

Ms Dorothy Thornhill MBE has been granted the title of Baroness Thornhill, of Watford in the County of Hertfordshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Hornsey and Wood Green

The Rt Hon. Lynne Choona Featherstone has been granted the title of Baroness Featherstone, of Highgate in the London Borough of Haringey. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Torfaen

Mr Paul Peter Murphy KCMCO KSG has been granted the title of Baron Murphy of Torfaen, of Abersychan in the County of Gwent. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed

The Rt Hon. Sir Alan James Beith has been granted the title of Baron Beith, of Berwick upon Tweed in the County of Northumberland. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Gordon

The Rt Hon. Sir Malcolm Gray Bruce has been granted the title of Baron Bruce of Bennachie, of Torphins in the County of Aberdeen. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute

Patrick LM Stewart MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute.

Dr Grace Gibson MBChB

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

The Honourable Sir Peregrine Charles Hugo Simon

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cumbria

Claire Theresa Hensman, Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cumbria.

Sir Tony Cunningham
Mrs Tess Josephine Hart MBE
Mr Harry Knowles
Mrs Diana Ruth Matthews

Life Peerage for Former MP for Havant

The Rt Hon. David Lindsay Willetts has been granted the title of Baron Willetts, of Havant 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 CEO of Mitie Group PLC

Ms Ruby McGregor-Smith has been granted the title of Baroness McGregor-Smith, of Sunninghill in the Royal County of Berkshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Chairman of the Local Government Association

Mr Gary Andrew Porter has been granted the title of Baron Porter of Spalding, of Spalding 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 Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party

Ms Kate Harriet Alexandra Rock has been granted the title of Baroness Rock, of Stratton in the County of Dorset. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Special Adviser to the Minister of State for Trade

Ms Simone Jari Finn has been granted the title of Baroness Finn, of Swansea in the County of West Glamorgan. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire

Lady Gretton, Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire.

Mr Jonathan Agnew
Mr David Michael Andrews
Mrs Sally Elizabeth Ann Bowie
Mr Arvind Michael Kapur
Mr David John Lindley QPM
Mr Riaz Ismail Ravat BEM
Mrs Elisabeth Mary Thurlow Turnbull
Professor David Jack Wilson

Life Peerage for Voluntary Sector Expert

Mr Kevin Joseph Maximilian Shinkwin has been granted the title of Baron Shinkwin, of Balham in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former MP for North East Fife

The Rt Hon. Sir Walter Menzies Campbell CH CBE QC has been granted the title of Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, of Pittenweem in the County of Fife. 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 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.

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.

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.

Life Peerage for Former MP for North East Hampshire

The Right Honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot has been granted the title of Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, of Edrom in the County of Berwick. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Ms Philippa Claire Stroud has been granted the title of Baroness Stroud, of Fulham in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for the Chief Executive of the Association of Conservative Clubs

Mr Philip Roland Smith CBE has been granted the title of Baron Smith of Hindhead, of Hindhead in the County of Surrey. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party

Mr Stephen Gilbert has been granted the title of Baron Gilbert of Panteg, of Panteg in the County of Monmouthshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Fashion Entrepreneur

Ms Michelle Georgina Mone OBE has been granted the title of Baroness Mone, of Mayfair in the City of Westminster. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Lord Privy Seal

The Right Honourable Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young Bt CH has been granted the title of Baron Young of Cookham, of Cookham in the Royal County of Berkshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former MP for Kingswood

Mr Robert Antony Hayward OBE has been granted the title of Baron Hayward, of Cumnor in the County of Oxfordshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for Former Home Secretary

The Right Honourable David Blunkett has been granted the title of Baron Blunkett, of Brightside and Hillsborough in the City of Sheffield. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for Labour.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland

Laurence Howard OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Rutland has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland.

Mr Edward James Burrows

New Deputy Lieutenants of Renfrewshire

Guy Clark, Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Renfrewshire.

Mr Alan David Birss
Ms Lynne Jamieson

New Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

Rear Admiral Michael Gregory OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Dunbartonshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

Miss Linda W Moffat RD

New Lord Lieutenant for Wigtown

Mr John Alexander Ross CBE DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Wigtown succeeding Mrs Marion Teresa Brewis CVO who retired on the 5th September 2014.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

Rear Admiral Michael Gregory OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Dunbartonshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

Mrs Jill W Young

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr Jeremy Corbyn MP

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 Angus Robertson MP
Ms Gisela Stuart MP

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen

Councillor George Adam, Lord Provost of Aberdeen has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeen.

Mr Andrew McNab Lawtie OStJ DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex

Peter Field, Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of East Sussex.

Mrs Jenny KilBride Roberts MBE
Mr Christopher John McLean Gebbie OBE

MVO for Queen’s Equerry

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Commander Andrew Canale Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Equerry to Her Majesty.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Inverness

Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Lord Lieutenant of Inverness has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Inverness.

Lt Col Robert Macfie Douglas Young TD DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire

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

Mrs Joan Margaret Ferrer
Brigadier David James Innes OBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire

Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher Bt JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire.

Miss Deborah Brock
Professor Ruth Farwell CBE
Sir Stuart Hampson
Mrs Marion Hill
Mrs Fola Komolafe
Mr Allan Westray

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gwent

Sir Simon Hugh Patrick Boyle KCVO CSTJ JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Gwent has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Gwent.

Mr Murray Macfarlane
Mr Anthony Clay
Mrs Laura Kelway-Bamber
Mr Benjamin Herbert

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Group Captain D. P. Manning Aide-de-Camp to her household.

MVO for Queen’s Chauffeur

Mr Andrew Hawkes RVM has been appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as First Chauffeur in the Royal Mews.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire

David Laing, Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire.

Mr James Percy Miller
Mr Paul Southworth
Mr Alexander Edward de Capell Brooke

New Lord Lieutenant for Surrey

Mr Michael More-Molyneux DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Surrey succeeding Dame Sarah Goad DCVO JP who retires on the 23 August 2015.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey

Dame Sarah Goad DCVO JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey.

Mrs Caroline Breckell MVO
Mr Peter John Gorringe Lee
The Hon. Mrs Lavinia Caroline Sealy
Major General Timothy John Sulivan CB CBE

MVO for Queen’s Gurkha Officer

Captain (QGO) Prakash Gurung of The Royal Gurkha Rifles has been appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Queen’s Gurkha Officer.

MVO for Queen’s Gurkha Officer

Captain (QGO) Lok Bahadur Gurung of The Royal Gurkha Rifles has been appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Queen’s Gurkha Officer.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel R. M. Green Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel A. T. G. Cash.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel G. H. J. Deacon OBE Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel S. H. Cowen.

Queen Revokes Head Teacher’s CBE

The Queen has accepted the Honours Forfeiture Committee’s advice regarding the cancellation and annulment of the honour awarded to the following person.

Ms Joanne Shuter is to be stripped of her CBE, awarded on the 12 June 2010 after pleading guilty at a National College for Teaching and Leadership misconduct hearing and has been banned from teaching indefinitely.

New Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire

The Hon. Mrs Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Mr Stephen Thomas Larard MBE

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Fife

Robert Balfour, Lord Lieutenant of Fife has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Fife

Ms Fiona Mary Cecile Robertson DL

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset

Anne Maw, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset

Mr David John Medlock DL

New Appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

Her Majesty the Queen has made the following appointments to the Royal Victorian Order in recognition of the recipient’s service to her personally.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)
Sir Simon Gerard McDonald KCMG

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Mr Nicholas Pickard

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)
Mr Peter Ruskin

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
Mr William Smith RVM

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of West Midlands

Paul Sabapathy CBE, Lord Lieutenant of West Midlands has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of West Midlands.

Colonel George Marsh TD

New Deputy Lieutenants of Essex

Lord Petre, Lord-Lieutenant of Essex has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Essex.

Ms Maureen Anne Larkin BEM JP
Mr Howard Martin Stuchfield MBE JP

New Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire

William Tucker, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire.

Mr Andrew Cochrane MA
Lt Col David William Dawber TD
Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fothergill CBE
Mr Alfred Richard Nicholas Hodgson
Mr Anthony James Walker BSc (Hons) HonDUniv

New Deputy Lieutenants of Kent

Viscount De L’Isle MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Kent.

Mrs Geraldine Ruth Allinson
Mr Michael William Sommerville Bax
The Rt Hon. Sir Hugh Robertson KCMG

New Deputy Lieutenants of Durham

Sue Snowdon, Lord-Lieutenant of Durham has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Durham.

Dr Jon Levick
Miss Maura Regan OBE
Mr Derek Winter
Lady Nicholson

Life Peerage for New Advocate General for Scotland

Mr Richard Sanderson Keen QC has been granted the title of Baron Keen of Elie, of Elie in Fife. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

RVM for Royal Chauffeur

Mr David Wolfgang Lowe has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as a Chauffeur to the Royal Household.

RVM for Duke of York’s Gardener

Mr Andrew Reddy has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as a Gardener to the Duke of York’s Household.

RVM for Queen’s Gardener at Buckingham Palace

Mr Keith Jackson has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as a Gardener at Buckingham Palace.

RVM for Queen’s Gardener at Sandringham

Mr Stuart Laurence Fitch has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as a Gardener on the Sandringham Estate.

RVM for Yeoman Warder

Mr James Duncan has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as a Yeoman Warder at HM Tower of London.

MVO for Former Assistant Private Secretary to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Mr Craig Lennard Kowalik has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Assistant Private Secretary (Commonwealth) to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

MVO for the Royal’s Podiatrist

Mr Michael Paul James O’Neill has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Consultant Podiatrist to the Royal Household.

MVO for Military Knight of Windsor

Maj Richard John Moore has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Military Knight of Windsor.

MVO for Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Cornwall

Mr John Sawle has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Deputy Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Cornwall.

MVO for Queen’s Coachman and State Harness Cleaner

Mr David John Oates RVM has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Coachman and State Harness Cleaner in the Royal Mews.

MVO for Military Knight of Windsor

Lt Col Raymond Roland Giles has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Military Knight of Windsor.

MVO for Private Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan

Mrs Frances Matthews has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as Private Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan.

MVO for Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol

Mrs Sheila Ann Wileman has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Bristol.

MVO for Head Stalker on the Balmoral Estate

Mr Gary James Coutts RVM has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Head Stalker on the Balmoral Estate.

MVO for Former Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke of Cambridge

Mrs Thea Geraldine Coley has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke of Cambridge.

MVO for Royal Protector

Inspector Sandra Teresa Perry has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service in Royalty Protection.

MVO for Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Fife

Mrs Linda Alice Bissett has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as Assistant Clerk to the Lieutenancy of Fife.

MVO for Royal Protector

Inspector Gordon Henry Owen has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service in Royalty Protection.

MVO for Equerry to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Lt Col David William Nicholas Bevan has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Equerry to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

LVO for Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain

Mrs Tracy Annette Watkins MVO was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Secretary to the Lord Chamberlain.

LVO for Queen’s Domestic Chaplain

The Reverend Canon Jonathan Byam Valentine Riviere was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Domestic Chaplain at Sandringham House.

LVO for Deputy Superintendent of Palace of Holyroodhouse

Mr David John Read MVO was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Deputy Superintendent of Palace of Holyroodhouse.

LVO for Queen’s Gardener

Mr Mark James Lane MVO was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Gardens manager for the London Palaces.

LVO for Doctor to the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Dr David Michael Dixon OBE was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Medical Adviser to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Group Captain G. P. Hellard RAuxAF Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Prebendary Edward Mason to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon John Ovenden.

CVO for Deputy Private Secretary to The Queen

Mr Edward Young LVO has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Deputy Private Secretary to The Queen.

CVO for Chairman of The Prince’s Trust

Sir Charles William Dunstone has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Chairman of The Prince’s Trust.

CVO for Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed

The Hon. Robin William Lewis OBE has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of Dyfed.

CVO for Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire

Mr Ewen John Brodie of Lethen has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of Nairnshire.

KCVO for Lord Lieutenant of Gwent

Mr Simon Hugh Patrick Boyle was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of Gwent.

KCVO for Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire

Mr Archibald Hugh Duberly CBE was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours they are as follows:

Sir Neville Marriner CBE For services to Music
The Rt Hon The Baron Woolf PC For services to the public and community relations

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2015

The Queen’s Birthday honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as

Zarine Kharas - DBE
The Rt Hon. Simon Burns MP – Knighthood
Gareth Edwards CBE - Knighthood
Lenny Henry CBE - Knighthood
The Rt Hon. Simon Hughes - Knighthood
Van Morrison OBE - Knighthood
Michael Bond OBE - CBE
Benedict Cumberbatch- CBE
Chiwetel Ejiofor - CBE
Dr Loyd Grossman OBE - CBE
Jonny Wilkinson OBE - CBE
James Anderson - OBE
Michael Ball - OBE
Nicky Campbell - OBE
Martin Clunes - OBE
Caroline Criado-Perez - OBE
Frank Lampard - OBE
Lesley Manville - OBE
Stephen Moffat - OBE
Eddie Redmayne – OBE
John Ashdown-Hill - MBE
Carl Froch - MBE
Philippa Langley - MBE
Jo Pavey - MBE
Casey Stoney - MBE

Life Peerage for New Commercial Secretary to the Treasury

Mr Terence James O’Neill has been granted the title of Baron O’Neill of Gatley, of Gatley in the County of Greater Manchester. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for New Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office

Mr James George Robert Bridges MBE has been granted the title of Baron Bridges of Headley, of Headley Heath in the County of Surrey. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for New Minister of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health

Mr David Gifford Leathes Prior has been granted the title of Baron Prior of Brampton, of Swannington in the County of Norfolk. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Knighthood for New Justice of the High Court

Her Majesty The Queen has conferred a knighthood upon Mr Justice Richard Andrew Snowden QC following his appointment as a Justice of the High Court.

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr James Brokenshire MP

New Deputy Lieutenant of Sutherland

Dr Monica Main, Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Sutherland.

Mrs Sheila Stewart

New Deputy Lieutenants of Renfrewshire

Guy Clark, Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Renfrewshire.

Mr Iain Findlay
Mr Kenneth Ross

KCVO for Prince Harry

HRH Prince Henry of Wales was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as a member of the Royal Family.

Life Peerage for New Minister of State for Trade and Investment

The Rt Hon. Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude has been granted the title of Baron Maude of Horsham, of Shipley in the County of West Sussex. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for New Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

Mr Andrew James Dunlop has been granted the title of Baron Dunlop, of Helensburgh in the County of Dunbarton. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Knighthood for Eric Pickles MP

Her Majesty The Queen has conferred a knighthood upon The Rt Hon. Eric Pickles MP for his service to Parliament.

Life Peerage for New Pensions Minister

Ms Rosalind Miriam Altmann CBE has been granted the title of Baroness Altmann, of Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London

Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London.

Mr Kevin David McGrath DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Inverness

Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Inverness.

Mrs Jacqueline Forrest Wright
Mrs Fiona Jane Kelly

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute

Patrick Loudon McIain Stewart MBE, Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute

Mr James Philip Holland Mellor DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute

Patrick L M Stewart MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute.

Mr William Stewart Shaw
Baroness Miranda van Lynden

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

The Rt Hon. The Lord Astor of Hever DL
The Rt Hon. The Lord Bates
The Rt Hon. The Lord Feldman
The Rt Hon. The Lord Freud
Mr Robert Halfon MP
Mr Mark Harper MP
Mr Edward Llewellyn OBE MP
Ms Priti Patel MP
Ms Amber Rudd MP
Ms Anna Soubry MP
Mr John Whittingdale OBE MP
Mr Gavin Williamson MP
Mr Andrew Tyrie MP

Sheriffs of the City of London for 2015/16

The City of London has elected the following to act as Sheriffs of the City of London for 2015/16.

Dr Christine Holliday Rigden
The Honourable Charles Edward Beck Bowman

New Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside

Dame Lorna EF Muirhead DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside.

Mr Wally Brown CBE
Captain Hugh Blyth Daglish LVO JP
Sir Mark Hedley
Mrs Ruth Gould
Professor Dr. Ian Graham Tracey
Mr Sean McEvoy

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire

The Countess of Verulam, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire.

Lord Charles Edward Vere Cecil
Mr Gerald Michael Nolan Corbett
Mrs Louise Mary Faure Walker
Dame Alison Peacock DBE
Mr Robert Andrew Voss CBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen City

Councillor George Adam, Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen City has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen City.

Mr Gregory Poon

The Princess of Cambridge’s Name Announced

Kensington Palace has announced the name of the Royal baby as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge.

It’s a Girl for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby Girl at 8:34 GMT weighing 8lb 3oz at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London. The Duke of Cambridge was at the birth. Both mother and baby are doing well.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2015

Today the Sunday Times rich list was released. I have made one of my own that lists all the Royalty, Princes and Princess, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Baronesses, Baronets, Dames, Knights and Ladys within the Sunday Times rich list for 2015.

1. The Duke of Westminster £8560m
2. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay £6500m
3. Earl Cadogan and Family £4800m
4. Sir Richard Branson and Family £4100m
5. Sir James Dyson and Family £3500m
6. Sir Philip and Lady Green £3500m
7. Sir Henry Keswick and Family £3275m
8. Baroness Howard de Walden and Family £3230m
9. Lord Bamford and Family £3100m
10. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Family £2760m
11. Sir Anwar Pervez and Family £2440m
12. Lord Paul and Family £2200m
13. Sir Charles Dunstone £1800m
14. Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman £1750m
15. Viscount Portman and Family £1720m
16. Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and Family £1450m
17. Lady Ballyedmond and Family £1400m
18. Sir Ian Wood and Family £1385m
19. Lord Ashcroft £1320m
20. Sir Nadhmi Auchi £1235m
21. Sir Michael Hintze £1230m
22. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al Thani £1200m
23. Lord Grantchester and the Moores Family £1200m
24. Lord Kirkham and Family £1150m
25. Sir Cameron Mackintosh £1050m
26. Sir Terry Matthews £1040m
27. Robert Miller and Princess Marie-Chantal and Family £1040m
28. Sir Brian Souter and Ann Gloag £1040m
29. Lord Sugar £1040m
30. Viscount Rothermere and Family £1000m
31. Sir Roger and Peter de Haan £950m
32. Sir Donald Gordon and Family £900m
33. The Duke of Devonshire £850m
34. The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness Family £850m
35. Lord Laidlaw £780m
36. Sir David McMurtry £765m
37. Prince Jonathan and Princess Gesine Doria Pamphilj 750m
38. Sir Ken Morrison and Family £733m
39. Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell £730m
40. Lord Vestey and Family £700m
41. The Duke of Bedford £680m
42. Sir Arnold Clark and Family £675m
43. Sir Chris Hohn £663m
44. Lord Lloyd-Webber£650m
45. The Duke of Sutherland £580m
46. Sir Peter Rigby £550m
47. Lord Alliance and Family £532m
48. Sir Tom Hunter £529m
49. Lord Sainsbury and Family £507m
50. Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones £486m
51. Lord Rothschild £485m
52. Lord Edmiston £472m
53. Sir Evelyn and Lady Rothschild £467m
54. Sir Ronald Hobson £464m
55. Sir David Samworth and Family £455m
56. Sir Douglas Myers £450m
57. Sir Donald Gosling £427m
58. Charlotte Townshend £420m
59. Sir Michael Bibby and Family £400m
60. Sir Martyn Arbib and Family £350m
61. Sir John and Peter Beckwith £350m
62. The Duke of Northumberland £350m
63. The McAlpine Family £346m
64. The Queen £340m
65. Sir Martin Sorrell £325m
66. Sir Michael and Dermot Smurfit and Family £323m
67. Dame Margaret and Helen Barbour and Family £320m
68. Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi and Family £320m
69. Sir Peter Ogden £320m
70. William Parente and Family £320m
71. The Marquess of Salisbury £320m
72. Lord Palumbo £300m
73. Sir Paul and Lady Smith £290m
74. Lord and Apurv Bagri £280m
75. Zac and Lady Annabel Goldsmith and Family £280m
76. Lord Heseltine and Family 280m
77. Sir Elton John £270m
78. Lord Haughey and Family £260m
79. Viscount Cowdray and the Pearson Family £250m
80. Sir Angus Grossart and Family £243m
81. Lord Iliffe and Family £235m
82. Sir Stanley and Peter Thomas £235m
83. Sir Mick Jagger £225m
84. Lord Alli £220m
85. Sir Ronald Cohen and Sharon Harel £220m
86. The Marquess of Bath £210m
87. Lord Glendonbrook £200m
88. Sir Michael Marshall and Family £200m
89. The Duke of Buccleuch £198m
90. Sir Peter Harrison £198m
91. Sir John Ritblat £180m
92. Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Bt £175m
93. Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland Bt £175m
94. Sir Peter Vardy £175m
95. Sir Chris Evans £170m
96. Nat Rothschild £170m
97. Sir Colin Giltrap £169m
98. Lord Foster £160m
99. Sir John MacTaggart £160m
100. Sir Keith Mills £160m
101. Sir Richard Sutton £160m
102. Lord Farmer £150m
103. Lord Fink £150m
104. Sir Jonathan Ive £150m
105. Sir Tom Jones £150m
106. Sir Robert Ogden £150m
107. Sir Tim Rice £150m
108. The Duke of Beaufort £145m
109. Sir Peter Michael £145m
110. The Earl of Pembroke £145m
111. Lord and Charles Saatchi £143m
112. Lord Archer £140m
113. The Duke of Rutland £140m
114. Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith £135m
115. Sir Tom Farmer £130m
116. Sir Anish Kapoor £130m
117. Sir Martin Laing £130m
118. Sir Ray Tindle £130m
119. Sir Rod Alderidge £125m
120. Sir George Meyrick £125m
121. The Duke of Roxburghe £125m
122. Earl Spencer £125m
123. Lord Verjee £125m
124. Sir Richard George £120m
125. Sir Simon Roberts £120m
126. The Earl of Rosebery £120m
127. The Earl of Stockton and the Macmillian Family £120m
128. Lord Wolfson £120m
129. The Maquess of Bute £117m
130. Sir Alan Parker £115m
131. Lord and Martin Harris £110m
132. The Duke of Marlborough £110m
133. The Marquess of Northampton £110m
134. Lord Deighton £100m
135. The Earl of Halifax £100m
136. Lord Marland £100m
137. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon £100m
138. Lord Mostyn and Family £54m

The Queen’s Birthday 2016

Buckingham Palace has announced The Queen’s Official Birthday in 2016 will be on Saturday the 11th of June 2016.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Devon

Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon.

Mr Michael Morpurgo

New Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire

The Countess of Darnley JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire.

Mr Edward Mortimer Harley
The Rt Hon. The Lord Lisvane KCB
Mr Thomas Nathanial Hone

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire

Dame Janet Trotter DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire.

Mr Thomas Frost
Mr Robert Rees MBE
Mrs Diane Hill OBE
Mrs Emma Corfield MBE
Mr Philip John Vickery MBE
Air Marshal Sir David Walker KCVO OBE

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Royal County of Berkshire

James Puxley, Lord Lieutenant of Royal County of Berkshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Royal County of Berkshire.

Mr Anthony West DL

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Canon Ian Davenport to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon Roger Hill.

New Lord Lieutenant for Devon

Mr David Fursdon DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Devon succeeding Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE KStJ who retires on the 17 April 2015.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Belfast

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

Professor Martin Eugene Joseph Bradley OBE FRCN
Mr Nicholas William Niel Price
Mr Mukesh Sharma

High Sheriff for 2015/16 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
2015/2016: Mr Anthony Desmond Grenville Fortescue

High Sheriffs for 2015/16 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
2015/2016: Mrs Amanda Jane Parker JP

For the County of Greater Manchester
2015/2016: Mrs Sharman Rhona Birtles JP DL

For the County of Merseyside
2015/2016: Mr Robert Tudor Hooson Owen JP DL

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2015/16

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2015/2016 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

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2015/2016: Mr David Montagu Albermarle Bertie

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2015/2016: Mrs Anna Francesca Skelton

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2015/2016: Captain Victor Harold Lucas

For the County of Cheshire
2015/2016: Mr Charles William Holroyd CBE

For the City of Bristol
2015/2016: Dr Rosalind Penelope Kennedy

For the County of Cumbria
2015/2016: Mr Samuel Alan Miles Rayner

For the County of Derbyshire
2015/2016: Mr Oliver George Stephenson

For the County of Devon
2015/2016: Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent KCB CBE

For the County of Dorset
2015/2016: Mrs Jennifer Sheila Coombs

For the County of Durham
2015/2016: Mr James Mark Featherstone Fenwick

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2015/2016: Mr James Lawrence Dick OBE

For the County of East Sussex
2015/2016: Mrs Juliet Anne Smith

For the County of Essex
2015/2016: Mr Gerald Vincent Bodenham Thompson

For the County of Gloucestershire
2015/2016: Mr Roger John Head

For Greater London
2015/2016: Dr Ghazala Afzal

For the County of Hampshire
2015/2016: Lady Portal MBE

For the County of Herefordshire
2015/2016: Mr Edward Mortimer Harley

For the County of Hertfordshire
2015/2016: Mr Jonathan Charles Gosselin Trower

For the County of Isle of Wight
2015/2016: Mr Ronald Thomas Holland

For the County of Kent
2015/2016: Mr William Alexander

For the County of Leicestershire
2015/2016: Mr Gordon Drake Arthur

For the County of Lincolnshire
2015/2016: Air Vice Marshal Hector Gavin Mackay CB OBE AFC

For the County of Norfolk
2015/2016: Mr Nicholas Julian Hedley Pratt

For the County of Northamptonshire
2015/2016: Dr Ahmed Ibrahim Mukhtar

For the County of Northumberland
2015/2016: Mrs Lucy Helen Maxwell Carroll

For the County of North Yorkshire
2015/2016: Mr Charles David Forbes Adam

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2015/2016: Dr Jaswant Singh Bilkhu

For the County of Oxfordshire
2015/2016: Mr Thomas Henry Birch Reynardson

For the County of Rutland
2015/2016: Mr Andrew Jonathan Brown

For the County of Shropshire
2015/2016: Mr David Robert Stacey

For the County of Somerset
2015/2016: The Hon. Mrs James Nelson

For the County of South Yorkshire
2015/2016: Mr John Raymond Holt

For the County of Staffordshire
2015/2016: Mr John William Leavesley

For the County of Suffolk
2015/2016: Mrs Judith Veronica Shallow

For the County of Surrey
2015/2016: Mrs Elizabeth Ann Stafford Kennedy

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2015/2016: Miss Kathryn Lucy Hay Winskell OBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2015/2016: Mrs Janet Alison Bell-Smith

For the County of West Midlands
2015/2016: Mr Edward Jonathan Turpie MBE

For the County of West Sussex
2015/2016: Mrs Denise Lesley Anne Patterson

For the County of West Yorkshire
2015/2016: Mr Edmund John Seward Anderson

For the County of Wiltshire
2015/2016: Lady Gooch

For the County of Worcestershire
2015/2016: Sir Anthony Edward Winnington Bt


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2015/2016: Mrs Janet Patricia Evans

For the County of Dyfed
2015/2016: Mr James Wilfrid Poyer Lewis

For the County of Gwent
2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Simon Tuggey

For the County of Gwynedd
2015/2016: Dr Elizabeth Mary Nesbit Andrews MBE

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2015/2016: Mrs Jayne Ann James

For the County of Powys
2015/2016: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Hugh Ledston Lewis

For the County of South Glamorgan
2015/2016: Professor Heather Vivienne Stevens CBE

For the County of West Glamorgan
2015/2016: Mr Robert Michael Redfern

New Lord Lieutenant for Greater London

Mr Kenneth Olisa OBE FBCS FRSA has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Greater London succeeding Sir David Brewer CVO CMG who retires on the 28 May 2015.

New Lord Lieutenant for South Yorkshire

Mr Andrew Coombe DL FCA has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for South Yorkshire succeeding Mr David Moody who retires on the 7 April 2015.

LVO for Superintendent of the State Apartments

Mr William Brian Andrews MVO BEM was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Superintendent of the State Apartments at St James’s Palace.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London

Sir David Brewer CVO CMG JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London.

Mr Bruce Carnegie-Brown
Ms Colleen Lorraine Harris MVO
Mr David Christopher Fraser Jones
Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns KCB CBE
Dr Mary-Clare Parker
Professor David Andrew Phoenix OBE

Life Peerage for Former Head of the Home Civil Service

Sir Robert Walter Kerslake has been granted the title of Baron Kerslake, of Endcliffe in the City of Sheffield. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Sir Edward Garnier QC MP
Mr Charles Hendry MP
Ms Anne Milton MP
Mr David Evennett MP
Mr Mark Field MP
Dr Julian Lewis MP
Mr Keith Simpson MP
Ms Fiona Mactaggart MP
Mr David Heath MP
The Rt Hon. The Baroness Garden of Frognal
The Rt Hon. The Baroness Northover

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.

Mr Darren Clark CStJ
Colonel Brian Gorski
Ms Shobna Gulati
Professor George Edward Thomas Holmes
Mrs Sue Lomas

New Deputy Lieutenants of Northumberland

The Duchess of Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Northumberland.

Mrs Carol Malia
Mrs Kathryn Tickell

New Aide-de-Camp of Army Reserve to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Brigadier Alastair Andrew Bernard Reibey Bruce of Crionaich OBE DL to the position of Aide-de-Camp of the Army Reserve to her Royal Household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Stirling and Falkirk

Marjory McLachlan, Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Stirling and Falkirk.

Mr Gaston Robin Iffla
Mrs Philippa Maclean
Mr Archibald Stirling

Queen Appoints Pages of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Marquess of Lorne, Master Lachlan Legge-Bourke, and The Hon. Augustus Stanhope as her pages of honour in succession to Master Arthur Chatto, The Hon. Charles Armstrong-Jones and Viscount Aithrie.

Archibald Frederick Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (b. 2004) son of Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll.

Lochy Legge-Bourke (b. 29 March 2003) son of Harry Russell Legge-Bourke nephew of Tiggy Legge-Bourke MVO.

Hon. Augustus Stanhope (b. 2005). Grandson of Charles Henry Leicester Stanhope, 12th Earl of Harrington and nephew of Serena Armstrong-Jones, Viscountess Linley.

Honorary GCB for the President of Mexico

Her Majesty the Queen has presented Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the Republic of Mexico with an honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB).

New Lieutenant of Her Majesty’s Tower of London

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant-General Sir Simon Vincent Mayall KBE CB to the office of Lieutenant of Her Majesty’s Tower of London in succession to Lieutenant-General Peter Thomas Clayton Pearson CB CBE.

Queen Revokes disgrace’s Stars Honour

The Queen has accepted the Honours Forfeiture Committee’s advice regarding the cancellation and annulment of the honour awarded to the following person.

Mr Rolf Harris is to be stripped of his CBE awarded on the 17 June 2006 after being found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on children. He was sentenced to a total of five years and nine months in prison.

Governor-General of Australia Revokes disgrace’s Stars Honours

His Excellency General The Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC has cancelled and annulled the honours awarded to Mr Rolf Harris.

Mr Harris’s Appointments as Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and Member of the Order of Australia (AM) shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the Order of Australia.

Mr Rolf Harris was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on children. He was sentenced to a total of five years and nine months in prison.

CVO for Former Defence Services Secretary

Rear Admiral Simon Williams has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Defence Services Secretary within the Royal Household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Devon

Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Devon.

Mr Antoine F Khayat LL.B. JP
Mr William Michelmore

New Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire

Sarah Troughton, Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire.

Ms Helen Mary Browning OBE
General Sir John Freegard Deverell KCB OBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire

David Laing, Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire.

Lady Judy Ellwood
Mrs Jane Charlton-Jones
Mr Nicholas Robertson
Mr James Shepherd-Cross
Mr James Saunders-Watson
Mr Crispin Holborow

New Lord Lieutenant for Somerset

Mrs Anne Caroline Maw DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Somerset succeeding Lady Gass DCVO JP who retires on 2 March 2015.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Orkney

James William Spence, Lord Lieutenant of Orkney has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Orkney.

Arthur Keith Johnson DL

Queen Revokes Nurse’s Knighthood

The Queen has accepted the Honours Forfeiture Committee’s advice regarding the cancellation and annulment of the honour awarded to the following person.

George Castledine is to be stripped of his Knighthood awarded on the 15 June 2007 after being found guilty by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for misconduct with a female patient and has been struck off the nursing register.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Acting Colonel J. R. Collinge Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel R. M. Lee.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry

Denis Desmond CBE, Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry.

Mrs Stella Burnside OBE DL

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Canon Peter Holliday to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon Christopher Milne Smith.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset

Lady Gass DCVO JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset.

General Sir Peter Wall GCB CBE

New Lord Lieutenant for Lincolnshire

Mr Toby Dennis DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Lincolnshire succeeding Mr Anthony Worth CVO who retires on 23 February 2015.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Berwickshire

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

Mr Henry Forrest Frew
Mrs Moira Katherine Pate Hughes
Mr George Lorimer Manner Romanes

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian

Major Michael Williams MBE, Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian.

Patrick Robertson Gammell DL

New Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

Rear Admiral Michael Gregory OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

Mr Thomas A Finnigan JP

Knighthood for the Duke of Edinburgh

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has been appointed Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) for his service to the people of Australia.

Knighthood for Former Chief of the Defence Force

Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC (Mil) AFC (Retd) has been appointed Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) for his service to the people of Australia.

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

The Honourable Lord Malcolm

New Deputy Lieutenants of Kent

Viscount De L’Isle MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Kent has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Kent.

Mr Paul Auston
The Lord Evans of Weardale KCB
Mr Geoffrey Arthur Miles
Mr Benedict Robert Kirwan Moorhead
Lieutenant Colonel John Brian O’Gorman
Mrs Georgie Mary Warner

New Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire

Carol Kinghorn, Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire.

Mr Alistair Charles Stewart Macphie

New Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

Rear Admiral Michael Gregory OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

Reverend Mark E Johnstone MA BD

New Aide-de-Camp of Army Reserve to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Brigadier C. A. Coull to the position of Aide-de-Camp of the Army Reserve to her Royal Household.

New Aide-de-Camp of Army Reserve to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Brigadier J. P. Mooney QVRM TD to the position of Aide-de-Camp of the Army Reserve to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Chaplain to The Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Reverend Timothy Alexander Robertson Cole to the position of Honorary Chaplain to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel P. F. Mahoney OBE TD to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.

New Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Reverend Prebendary William Sievwright Scott CVO to be an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Extra Equerry to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant Colonel James Michael Vernon to be her Extra Equerry within the Royal Household.

New Lord Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear

Susan Margaret Winfield OBE DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Tyne and Wear succeeding Sir Nigel Sherlock KCVO OBE JP who retired on 12 January 2015.

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.

Mrs Lindsay Fox MBE

High Sheriffs of Northern Ireland for 2015/2016

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of Northern Ireland for 2015/2016.

Northern Ireland

For County Antrim
2015/2016: Mr John Pinkerton

For County Armagh
2015/2016: Mrs Anna Louise Shepherd

For County Down
2015/2016: Mr Patrick Cross

For County Fermanagh
2015/2016: Mrs Hope Kerr

For County Londonderry
2015/2016: Mrs Helen Mark

For County Tyrone
2015/2016: Dr Lisheen Webb

For County Borough of Belfast
2015/2016: Councillor Gareth McKee

For County Borough of Londonderry
2015/2016: Mrs Harvinder Torney

MVO for Royal Protector

Inspector Terence Christopher Leach has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service in Royalty Protection.

MVO for Communications Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry

Dr Edward William Perkins has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Communications Secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Henry of Wales.

MVO for Royal Protector

Inspector Clive Graham Cox has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service in Royalty Protection.

LVO for Principal Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall

William James Nye was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Principal Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.

LVO for Queen’s Vicar

The Reverend Canon Denis Ratliffe Mullin was appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as a Chaplain at the Chapel Royal within Hampton Court Palace.