New Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke of York

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

New Deputy Lieutenants of Tyne and Wear

Susan Winfield OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Tyne and Wear.

Mr Jeffrey Allen Brown
Ms Deborah Jenkins MBE
Mr John Dennis Mowbray OBE
Squadron Leader H. John E. Robinson RAFVR(T)
Mrs Ruth Thompson OBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire

Toby Dennis, Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Lincolnshire.

Mr Alexander Easton Baxter
Ms Annabel Louise Ward
Mr William Scrimshaw Webb

MVO for Queen’s Gurkha Officer

Captain (QGO) Ganeshkumar Tamang of The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment 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) Lalitbahadur 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 Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire

Ian Dudson CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire.

Mrs Julie Arkle
Brigadier (Rtd) Simon Bell QVRM TD
His Honour Judge Paul Glenn
The Earl of Harrowby
Mr Charles Hawley
Dame Asha Khemka DBE
Mr Ben Robinson BEM
Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE
Mr Elliott Sharrard-Williams
Mrs Joan Walley-Ostrowski

GCMG for the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea

The Queen has appointed His Excellency the Honourable Robert Dadae 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 Papua New Guinea.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gwynedd

Edmund Seymour Bailey CStJ, Lord-Lieutenant of Gwynedd commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Gwynedd.

Mr John Robert Jones
Mrs Janet Phillips
Dr Peter Harlech Jones

New Honorary Chaplain to The Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Reverend (Group Captain) J. R. Ellis Honorary Chaplain to her Household.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk

Alan Simpson OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Stirling and Falkirk has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk.

Mrs Patricia Anne Greenhill OBE DL

The Sunday Times Rich List 2017

Yesterday 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 2017.

1. The Duke of Westminster and The Grosvenor Family £9520m
2. Sir James Dyson and Family £7800m
3. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay £7200m
4. Earl Cadogan and Family £6500m
5. Sir Richard Branson and Family £4865m
6. Alejandro Santo Domingo and Lady Charlotte Wellesley £3862m
7. Baroness Howard de Walden and Family £3730m
8. Lord Bamford and Family £3300m
9. Sir Henry Keswick and Family £3260m
10. Sir Anwar Pervez and Family £2950m
11. Sir Philip and Lady Green £2787m
12. Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman £2629m
13. Viscount Portman and Family £2003m
14. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Family £1950m
15. Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and Family £1600m
16. Sir Ian Wood and Family £1600m
17. Robert Miller and Princess Marie-Chantal £1580m
18. Lady Ballyedmond and Family £1420m
19. Lord Ashcroft £1350m
20. Sir Michael Hintze £1280m
21. Lord Sugar £1250m
22. Lord Grantchester and The Moores Family £1202m
23. Sir Cameron Mackintosh £1180m
24. Sir Terry Matthews £1170m
25. Lord Kirkham and Family £1150m
26. Lord Edmiston £1020m
27. Sir Charles Dunstone £946m
28. Viscount Rothermere and Family £930m
29. Sir Brian Souter and Ann Gloag £920m
30. Sir Roger and Peter de Haan £895m
31. The Earl of Iveagh and The Guinness Family 890m
32. The Duke of Devonshire £880m
33. Sir Chris Hohn £820m
34. Sir Donald Gordon and Family £800m
35. Lord Laidlaw £795m
36. Sir Paul McMcartney and Nancy Chevell £780m
37. Prince Jonathan and Princess Gesine Doria Pamphilj £750m
38. Lord Lloyd-Webber £740m
39. Sir David McMurtry £738m
40. Lord Rothschild £735m
41. Lord Vestey and Family £727m
42. The Duke of Bedford £707m
43. Sir Peter Wood £693m
44. Sir Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild £675m
45. Lord Paul and Family £660m
46. Sir Peter Rigby £600m
47. The Duke of Sutherland £580m
48. Sir Tom Hunter £576m
49. Sir David Samworth and Family £575m
50. Lord Alliance and Family £560m
51. Lord Sainsbury of Turville and Family £560m
52. Sir Jack Petchey £550m
53. Sir Paul Marshall and Ian Wace £505m
54. Sir David and Lady Tang and Family £500m
55. Sir Martin Sorrell £495m
56. Sir Ronald Hobson £470m
57. Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones £467m
58. Sir Donald Gosling £421m
59. The Duke of Northumberland £370m
60. Her Majesty The Queen £360m
61. Sir Michael and Dermot Smurfit and Family £359m
62. Sir Martyn Arbib and Family £350m
63. Sir Peter Ogden £350m
64. Lord Palumbo of Southwark £350m
65. Dame Margaret and Helen Barbour and Family £345m
66. Sir Rocco Forte and Olga and Family £340m
67. The Marquess of Salisbury £335m
68. Lord and Apurv Bagri £334m
69. Sir John and Peter Beckwith £302m
70. Sir Harry Djanogly and Family £300m
71. Lord Heseltine and Family £300m
72. Sir Paul Ruddock £300m
73. Sir Elton John £290m
74. Zac and Lady Annabel Goldsmith and Family £282m
75. Sir Paul and Lady Smith £272m
76. Sir Michael Bibby and Family £270m
77. Sir Angus Grossart and Family £270m
78. Lord Iliffe and Family £270m
79. Lord Haughey and Family £265m
80. Sir Mick Jagger £250m
81. Sir Stanley and Peter Thomas £240m
82. Viscount Cowdray and the Pearson Family £238m
83. Sir Michael Marshall and Family £230m
84. Sir John Ritblat and Family £224m
85. Viscount Astor and Family £223m
86. Sir Ronald Cohen and Sharon Harel £220m
87. Lord Alli £218m
88. Sir Richard Sutton and Family £216m
89. The Marquess of Bath £215m
90. The Duke of Buccleuch and Family £213m
91. Sir Philip Hulme £210m
92. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon and Family £210m
93. Sir Colin Giltrap £205m
94. Sir Peter Harrison and Family £205m
95. Sir Chris Evans £200m
96. Lord Glendonbrook £200m
97. The Duke of Marlborough £188m
98. Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Bt and Family £178m
99. Sir Peter Vardy and Family £177m
100. Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland Bt £176m
101. Lord Foster of Thames Bank £170m
102. Sir Rod Stewart £170m
103. Sir John Mactaggart and Family £165m
104. Lord Verjee £165m
105. Sir Martin Laing and Family £162m
106. Lord Fink £160m
107. Sir Tom Jones £160m
108. Sir Keith Mills £160m
109. Sir Jonathan Ive £157m
110. Sir Robert Ogden £154m
111. Sir Tim Rice £152m
112. The Duke of Beaufort £150m
113. Sir Peter Michael £150m
114. Sir David Murray and Family £150m
115. Sir Clive Cowdery £147m
116. The Earl of Pembroke £147m
117. Lord Archer £146m
118. Lord and Charles Saatchi £145m
119. Sir Henry Angest £141m
120. Lord Farmer £140m
121. The Duke of Rutland £140m
122. Sir Mike Uren £140m
123. Sir Rod Aldridge £135m
124. Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith and Family £135m
125. Sir Anish Kapoor £134m
126. Sir John Campbell and Family £128m
127. Sir Alan Parker £128m
128. Sir Tom Farmer £127m
129. Sir Damon Buffini £126m
130. The Marquess of Bute £126m
131. Sir George Meyrick £126m
132. The Duke of Roxburghe £125m
133. Earl Spencer £125m
134. Lord Dulverton £120m
135. The Earl of Rosebery £120m
136. The Earl of Stockton and the Macmillian Family £120m
137. Lord Lupton £118m
138. Lord Harris and Family £110m
139. The Marquess of Northampton £110m
140. Sir Simon Robertson £110m
141. Sir Ray Tindle £110m
142. Sir Andy Murray £77m

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend John Witheridge to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon Christopher Andrews.