New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Nairn

Mr Ewen John Brodie of Lethen CVO, Lord-Lieutenant for Nairn has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Nairn.

Mr George Russell Archer DL

LVO for the Queen's Page of the Chambers

Mr Raymond Wheaton MVO RVM has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as the Queen's Page of the Chambers.

New Chaplains to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Canon Dr Mark Pryce and Reverend Canon Dr Georgina Byrne to be Chaplains to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon George Moffat and the Reverend Canon Gillian Calver.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Group Captain I. D. Sargeant OBE to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Dental Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen appointed Air Commodore M. Byford to be an Honorary Dental Surgeon to her Royal Household.

The Rt Hon. The Earl of Snowdon GCVO (7 March 1930 – 13 January 2017)

The Rt Hon. The Earl of Snowdon the former husband of Her Majesty the Queen’s Sister Princess Margaret has passed away today at the age of 86 a family spokesperson has just announced.

His only legitimate son David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley will succeed him as the 2nd Earl of Snowdon. David’s only son Charles Patrick Inigo Armstrong-Jones will now use the courtesy title of Viscount Linley. Charles’s sister will be now known as Lady Margarita Armstrong-Jones.

My Condolences and thoughts are with Lord Snowdon's family at this terrible time.

New Lord Lieutenant for the West Midlands

Mr John Crabtree OBE DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for the West Midlands succeeding Mr Paul Sabapathy CBE who resigned in September 2015.

High Sheriffs of Northern Ireland for 2017/2018

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of Northern Ireland for 2017/2018.

Northern Ireland

For County Antrim
2017/2018: Ms Miranda Tisdale DL

For County Armagh
2017/2018: Mr Godfrey William McCartney

For County Down
2017/2018: Mr Henry John Stewart Catherwood

For County Fermanagh
2017/2018: Mr Selwyn Johnston BEM

For County Londonderry
2017/2018: Mrs Jean Thompson Caulfield MBE

For County Tyrone
2017/2018: Mrs Jennifer Hawkes

For County Borough of Belfast
2017/2018: Alderman Thomas Robert Haire

For County Borough of Londonderry
2017/2018: Mrs Mary Teresa Bradley

The Queen Revokes Former Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Knighthood

Her Majesty The Queen has signed Letters Patent to cancel and annul the Knight Bachelor awarded to Mr Allan Kemakeza on the 16 June 2001, for services to policing and politics.

Mr Allan Kemakeza served as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from the 17 December 2001 to the 20 April 2006.

New Honorary Physician to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major General Martin Charles Marshall Bricknell OStJ to be an Honorary Physician to her Royal Household in succession to Brigadier K. C. Beaton OBE.