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 Alun Cairns MP

New Deputy Lieutenant of Devon

David Fursdon, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon.

Mrs Mary King MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast

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

Mrs Michele Marken OBE

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2016/17

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2016/2017 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
2016/2017: Mr Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2016/2017: Mrs Victoria Jane Fishburn

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2016/2017: The Honourable Mrs Camilla Rose Soames

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2016/2017: Sir Thomas David Guy Arculus

For the County of Cheshire
2016/2017: Mrs Kathrine Helen Cowell OBE

For the City of Bristol
2016/2017: Ms Helen Mary Wilde

For the County of Cumbria
2016/2017: The Reverend (Group Captain) Thomas Richard Lee (RAF rtd)

For the County of Derbyshire
2016/2017: Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fothergill CBE

For the County of Devon
2016/2017: Mrs Angela Mary Gilbert

For the County of Dorset
2016/2017: Sir Robert Philip Nathaniel Williams Bt

For the County of Durham
2016/2017: Mr Gerard Charles Joseph Salvin

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2016/2017: Mr Thomas Gordon Martin

For the County of East Sussex
2016/2017: Mr Michael Jabez Foster

For the County of Essex
2016/2017: Mrs Lorna Jane Rolfe

For the County of Gloucestershire
2016/2017: The Right Honourable The Countess Bathurst

For Greater London
2016/2017: Sir Nigel Knowles

For the County of Hampshire
2016/2017: Mr Thomas Henry Floyd

For the County of Herefordshire
2016/2017: Mr William James Jackson

For the County of Hertfordshire

2016/2017: Mr Stelio Haralambos Stefanou OBE

For the County of Isle of Wight
2016/2017: Mr Robin Vandeleur Courage MBE

For the County of Kent
2016/2017: Mrs Kathrin Fiona Smallwood

For the County of Leicestershire
2016/2017: Mr Surinder Sharma

For the County of Lincolnshire
2016/2017: Mrs Jill Gabriel Anne Mary Hughes

For the County of Norfolk
2016/2017: Major General Sir William George Cubitt KCVO CBE

For the County of Northamptonshire
2016/2017: Mrs Caroline Cordelia Brocklehurst

For the County of Northumberland
2016/2017: Mr William Browne-Swinburne

For the County of North Yorkshire
2016/2017: Mr John Wilson Furness

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2016/2017: Mrs Judith Lynn Naake

For the County of Oxfordshire
2016/2017: Mrs Sarah Jane Taylor

For the County of Rutland
2016/2017: Dr Sarah Haddon Furness

For the County of Shropshire
2016/2017: Mrs Christine Mary Holmes

For the County of Somerset
2016/2017: Mr Edward Bayntun-Coward

For the County of South Yorkshire
2016/2017: Dr Julie MacDonald

For the County of Staffordshire
2016/2017: Colonel David Lennox Leigh TD

For the County of Suffolk
2016/2017: Mr William Bruce Kendall

For the County of Surrey
2016/2017: Mr Richard Gordon Whittington

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2016/2017: Mr John Dennis Mowbray OBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2016/2017: Mr Richard Markham D’Aguilar Samuda

For the County of West Midlands
2016/2017: Dr Keith Bradshaw

For the County of West Sussex
2016/2017: Mr David Mark Spofforth OBE

For the County of West Yorkshire
2016/2017: Mr Christopher John Brown

For the County of Wiltshire
2016/2017: Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE

For the County of Worcestershire
2016/2017: Sir Nicholas Anthony Hungerford Lechmere Bt

Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2016/2017: Mr James Peter O’Toole

For the County of Dyfed
2016/2017: Professor Medwin Hughes

For the County of Gwent
2016/2017: Mr Anthony John Clay

For the County of Gwynedd
2016/2017: Mr Peter Harlech Jones

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2016/2017: Mr Gwynfryn John George

For the County of Powys
2016/2017: Mrs Ann Tudor

For the County of South Glamorgan
2016/2017: Professor John David Williams OBE

For the County of West Glamorgan
2016/2017: Professor Donna May Mead OBE

High Sheriffs for 2016/17 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
2016/2017: Mr John Morris Barnett MBE DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2016/2017: Lady Joy Smith DL

For the County of Merseyside
2016/2017: Mr James Christopher Meredith Davies OBE DL

New Constable of the Tower of London

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC (Gen) to the office of Constable of the Tower of London in succession to General the Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL who retires on the 31st July 2016.

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.

Sir Nicholas Hamblen

High Sheriff for 2016/17 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
2016/2017: Mrs Jane Margaret Hartley

New Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian

Major Michael Williams MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian.

Ms Pauline Jaffray BEM
Mr Roderick M Urquhart

New Deputy Lieutenants of South Yorkshire

Andrew Coombe, Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of South Yorkshire.

The Very Reverend Peter Edward Bradley
Mr John Steven Cowling
Colonel George Kilburn MBE
Miss Stella McHugh
Mrs Janet Wheatley

New Deputy Lieutenants of Perth and Kinross

Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Perth and Kinross.

Ms Susan Jardine Paterson
Ms Alexandra Cairncross
Mr George Fleming

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 William Desmond Lindesay
Mrs Karen Schuldt Usher

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright

Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross GCVO OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Kirkcudbright has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright.

Alexander P McCulloch DL

Life Peerage for Managing Director of Waitrose

Mr Mark Ian Price CVO has been granted the title of Baron Price, of Sturminster Newton in the County of Dorset. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Prime Minister of Belize appointed to the Privy Council

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

Mr Dean Barrow

LVO for Queen’s Locksmith

David George Clark MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Locksmith and Fitter to the Royal Household.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

Sarah Troughton, Lord-Lieutenant for Wiltshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.

Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson KBE CB DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire

Tim Stevenson OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire.

Sir Anthony Baldry
Colonel (Retd.) Neil Sutherland OBE
Mr Richard Venables

Baby Boy for Crown Princess of Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a baby boy on the Wednesday 2 March at 08:28 pm at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Her husband Prince Daniel was at the birth.

King Carl XVI Gustaf announced to the Swedish cabinet that Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel have named their Son Oscar Carl Olof.

The baby prince will be styled His Royal Highness Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden. King Carl XVI Gustaf has given his grandson the title Duke of Skåne. Prince Oscar is third in line to the Swedish throne.

MVO for Queen’s Surveyor

Mr Terence Joseph Lynch has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Operations Surveyor for the London Palaces.