RVM for the Yeoman Bed Goer of the Queen’s Body Guard of The Yeomen of The Guard

Mr John Anthony Denton has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for his service as Yeoman Bed Goer of the Queen’s Body Guard of The Yeomen of The Guard.

RVM (Gold) for Yeoman of the Glass and China Pantry

Mr Stephen Henry Ronald Marshall MVO RVM has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Gold (RVM) for his service as Yeoman of the Glass and China Pantry within the Royal Household.

MVO for Former Clerk to the Lieutenancy of West Sussex

Mr John David Williams MBE has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Clerk to the Lieutenancy of West Sussex.

MVO for Royal Bodyguard

Inspector Douglas Ian Thompson has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service to Royalty Protection.

MVO for the Messenger Sergeant Major to The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard

Mr Clive Anthony Stevens has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Messenger Sergeant Major to The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

MVO for Mr John Revill RVM

Mr John Revill RVM has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service to His Royal Highness The Duke of York’s Household.

MVO for Royal Bodyguard

Inspector Rodney Paul Feichtinger has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service to Royalty Protection.

MVO for Royal Bodyguard

Sergeant Stephen Collingwood has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service to Royalty Protection.

MVO for Former Equerry to His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge

Lieutenant Commander James Alexander Kennedy Benbow RN has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Equerry to His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge.

MVO for Former Clerk to the Lieutenancy of County Armagh

Mrs Evelyn Margaret Beattie has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for her service as Clerk to the Lieutenancy of County Armagh.

LVO for the Former Gentleman Usher to Her Majesty The Queen

Commodore Laurence Charles Hopkins RN has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Gentleman Usher to Her Majesty The Queen.

LVO for Trainer of The Queen’s Racehorses

Mr Nicholas John Henderson has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Trainer of The Queen’s Racehorses.

LVO for Senior Communications Officer for the Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall

Mrs Amanda Jane Foster MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Senior Communications Officer for the Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.

LVO for Mr Brian Edward Ford MVO

Mr Brian Edward Ford MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service to His Royal Highness The Duke of York’s Household.

LVO for Assistant Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office

Mr Alexander Christopher de Montfort MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Assistant Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s Office.

LVO for Chief Pilot of The Queen’s Helicopter Flight

Mr Anthony Richard Bird has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Chief Pilot of The Queen’s Helicopter Flight.

CVO for Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire

Dame Janet Olive Trotter DBE, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire.

CVO for Former Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod

Lieutenant General Arundell David Leakey CMG CBE, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.

CVO for Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire

Mr Guy Wyndham Nial Hamilton Clark, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.

CVO for Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim

Mrs Joan Christie OBE, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim.

CVO for Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness

Mr Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness.

KCVO for Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry

Mr Denis Fitzgerald Desmond CBE has been appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry.

DCVO for Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Glamorgan

Mrs Kathrin Elizabeth Thomas CVO JP has been appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) for her service as Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Glamorgan.

DCVO for Lady in Waiting to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

Lady Carew Pole CVO has been appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) for her service as Lady in Waiting to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.

New Zealand Honours Former Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen

As part of the New Year’s Honours List for 2018, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Rt Hon The Lord Geidt of Crobeg GCVO KCB OBE one of the Companions of the Queen's Service Order (QSO) for his service as Private Secretary To the Queen of New Zealand.

GCB for Former Private Secretary to Her Majesty The Queen

As part of the New Year’s Honours List for 2018, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed The Rt Hon The Lord Geidt of Crobeg GCVO KCB OBE a Knight Grand Cross of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB).

Three New Companions of Honour

Three new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

The Rt Hon. Lord Bragg
For services to Broadcasting and the Arts

Lady Antonia Fraser DBE
For services to Literature.

Professor Margaret Olwen Macmillan
For services to Higher Education, History and International Affairs.

New Knight of the Order of the Thistle

As part of the New Year’s Honours List for 2018, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT). The Order of the Thistle is the highest honour in Scotland and was founded in 1687.

New Year’s Honours 2018

The New Year’s honours list 2018 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

CH:

The Rt Hon. Lord Bragg
Lady Antonia Fraser DBE

Knighthood:

Mr Graham Brady MP
Mr Christopher Chope OBE MP
The Rt Hon. Nick Clegg
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP
Professor John Kevin Curtice FBA FRSE
Mr Barry Gibb CBE
Mr Mark Hendrick MP
The Rt Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP
Mr Michael Morpurgo OBE
Mr Kenneth Olisa OBE
Dr Andrew Charles Parmley
Mr Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) MBE

CMG:

Ms Helen Sharman OBE

DBE:

Ms Darcey Andrea Bussell CBE
The Rt Hon. Cheryl Gillan MP

CBE:

Ms Jilly Cooper OBE
Mr Hugh Laurie OBE
Mr Rick Stein OBE

OBE:

Mr Eamonn Holmes

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2018. Thank you for following and reading Royal News, I hope to post a lot more in 2018.

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

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE DL FSA FRSE to the position of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2018.

His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry will be the Queen’s personal representative within the Church of Scotland. As the Lord High Commissioner, The Duke will carry out the opening and closing addresses at the General Assembly.

KCVO for Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art

Mr Jonathan Mark Marsden CVO has been appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Director of the Royal Collection and Surveyor of The Queen’s Works of Art.

New Captain General of the Royal Marines

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales KCVO has been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen to succeed His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GCVO GBE as Captain General of the Royal Marines - a post which HRH the Duke of Edinburgh had held since 1953. Prince Harry’s appointment comes following the Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement from public life in the autumn of this year.

New Lord Lieutenant for Nairnshire

Mr George Russell Asher DL has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Nairnshire succeeding Mr Ewen Brodie CVO who retired on the 16th December 2017.

New Colonel of the Grenadier Guards

His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG GCVO ADC has been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen to succeed His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT OM GCVO GBE as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards - a post which HRH the Duke of Edinburgh had held since 1975. The Duke of York’s appointment comes following the Duke of Edinburgh’s retirement from public life in the autumn of this year.

Her Majesty the Queen Revokes Honours

Her Majesty The Queen has decreed that the following persons shall have their Honour cancelled, annulled and their name shall be erased from the Register of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Mr Malcolm Belchamber to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 30th December 2004.
Mr Derek Charles Eaglestone to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 10th June 1994.
Mr Trevor George Francis to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 15th June 2012.
Ms Anne Ganley to be stripped of an OBE awarded on 28th December 2012.
Mr David John Kemp to be stripped of an MBE awarded on 30th December 2013.
Ms Paula Marie Vasco-Knight to be stripped of an CBE awarded on 30th December 2013.

Her Majesty the Queen Revokes Top Policeman’s Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has decreed that the award of the Queen’s Police Medal (QPM) to Mr Nicholas James Gargan on the 30th December 2011 shall be cancelled and annulled. Mr Gargan, former Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset police constabulary was stripped of his honour after being found guilty of multiple counts of misconduct.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen City

Councillor Barney Crockett, Lord Provost of Aberdeen has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeen City.

Ms Isabel McIntyre
Mr William David Young

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.

Ms Heather Hancock LVO
Captain Stephen Upright RN
Mr Trevor Watson
Ms Clare Wood

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.

Rear Admiral Iain Henderson CB CBE DL

LVO for Queen’s Head Auditor

Mr Ian David Cornish MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Head of Audit Services to the Royal Household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire

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

The Hon Hugo Cubitt
Surgeon Rear Admiral Lionel Jarvis CBE
Dame Judith Macgregor DCMG LVO
The Hon Mrs Mary Montagu-Scott

New Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey

Mr Michael More-Molyneux, Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Surrey.

Mr Richard Gordon Whittington
Mr Robert Stewart Napier CBE
Mr Paul John Layzell

New Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire

Timothy Cox, Lord-Lieutenant of Warwickshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire.

Mr Pal Singh Sanghera
Mrs Janet Alison Smith

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.

Sir Howard Bernstein
Ms Lucy Danger
Mrs Elaine Griffiths MBE
Mrs Mary-Liz Walker JP

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire

David Briggs MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire.

Ms Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett
Mr Thomas Emment Meredydd Jones David OBE
Mr Naser Michel Fouad
Mr Nicholas Peter Hopkinson MBE
Ms Lynn Pegler
Mr Howard Wilson Platt
Ms Eleanor Underhill

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall

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

Mrs Jane Margaret Hartley
Mrs Katharine Mary Holborow
Mr James Buller Kitson
Professor John Robert Sneyd

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall

Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Cornwall has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall.

Mr Peter Wilton Davies MBE DL

New Harbinger of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major David Kennard to be Harbinger of Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms following the retirement of Colonel The Reverend Richard Whittington MBE.

New Assistant Private Secretary to The Duke of York

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

LVO for Queen’s Auditor

Miss Shelley Anne Chambers MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for her service as Deputy Head of Audit Services to the Royal Household.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Commodore David C. McLoughlin OBE MB BCh BAO MSc MRCGP FFOM DRCOG DAvMed RAF to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.

New Honorary Surgeon to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Commodore Richard D. J. Withnall MA MBBS MSc (Primary Care) FRCGP DRCOG DFFP MRAeS FCMI RAF to be an Honorary Surgeon to her Royal Household.

Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2018, 2019 and 2020

On the 13th of November 2017 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2018, 2019 and 2020 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

2018/2019: Mr Arthur Julian George Polhill
2019/2020: Mrs Cora Meryl Dolling
2020/2021: Mrs Susan Jane Lousada

For the Royal County of Berkshire

2018/2019: Mr Graham Eric Barker
2019/2020: Mrs Lucy Violet Zeal
2020/2021: Mrs Mary Elizabeth Riall

For the County of Buckinghamshire

2018/2019: Professor Ruth Sarah Farwell CBE
2019/2020: Mrs Julia Anne Upton MBE
2020/2021: Mr Andrew David Farncombe

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2018/2019: Dr Andrew Charles Harter CBE
2019/2020: His Honour Neil Alastair McKittrick
2020/2021: Brigadier Timothy John Seal TD DL VR

For the County of Cheshire

2018/2019: Mrs Alexis Jane Redmond MBE
2019/2020: Mr Mark Steven Mitchell
2020/2021: Mr Nicholas Peter Hopkinson MBE

For the City of Bristol

2018/2019: Mr Roger Gordon Opie
2019/2020: Mr Charles John Calcraft Wyld
2020/2021: Dr John Cyril Manley

For the County of Cumbria

2018/2019: Mr Simon Frederick Michael Berry
2019/2020: Ms Marcia Elaine Reid Fotheringham
2020/2021: Mrs Julie Elizabeth Barton

For the County of Derbyshire

2018/2019: Mrs Lucy Belinda Palmer
2019/2020: William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington
2020/2021: Mr Anthony James Walker

For the County of Devon

2018/2019: Mrs Grania Tiffany Phillips
2019/2020: Captain Simon Charles Martin LVO OBE RN
2020/2021: Mr Gerald William Vaughan Hine-Haycock

For the County of Dorset

2018/2019: Mrs Jacqueline Anne Swift
2019/2020: Mr Philip Henry Warr
2020/2021: Mr George Henry Streatfeild

For the County of Durham

2018/2019: Dr Stephen Michael Cronin
2019/2020: Mr Peter Haswell Candler
2020/2021: Mr David Andrew Gray

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire

2018/2019: Mrs Deborah Jane Rosenberg
2019/2020: Mrs Susan Marialouisa Lockwood Stephenson
2020/2021: Mrs Jeanette Elizabeth Dawson OBE

For the County of East Sussex

2018/2019: Major General John David Moore-Bick CBE
2019/2020: Mrs Violet Ltubica Hancock
2020/2021: Mr Andrew John Blackman

For the County of Essex

2018/2019: Mr Bryan Robert Hardy Burrough
2019/2020: Dr Francis James Archibald Bettley
2020/2021: Mrs Julie Ann Fosh

For the County of Gloucestershire

2018/2019: Mr Charles Martell
2019/2020: Mr Robert Charles Grantley Berkeley
2020/2021: Mr Edward William Gillespie OBE

For Greater London

2018/2019: Mr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer
2019/2020: Mr Iqbal Wahhab OBE
2020/2021: Mr John Garbutt

For the County of Hampshire

2018/2019: Mr Mark Edward Thistlethwayte
2019/2020: Mrs Catherine Sarah Le May
2020/2021: Reverend Susan Elizabeth Colman

For the County of Herefordshire

2018/2019: Mr Thomas Nathaniel Hone
2019/2020: Mr James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathhurst CBE
2020/2021: Mrs Patricia Claire Hodsoll Thomas

For the County of Hertfordshire

2018/2019: Mrs Suzana Rose Harvey
2019/2020: Mrs Sarah Margaret Beazley
2020/2021: The Hon. Henry Thurstan Holland-Hibbert

For the County of Isle of Wight

2018/2019: Mrs Gioia Maria Minghella-Giddens
2019/2020: Mr Geoffrey Paul Underwood
2020/2021: Mrs Caroline Jane Peel

For the County of Kent

2018/2019: Mrs Susan Jane Ashton
2019/2020: Mr Paul Jonathan Barrett
2020/2021: Mrs Remony St John Millwater

For the County of Leicestershire

2018/2019: Mrs Diana Thompson, Branston
2019/2020: Mr Timothy Rowland Hercock
2020/2021: Mrs Alison Victoria Smith MBE

For the County of Lincolnshire
2018/2019: Mr Ian Harrup Walter
2019/2020: Mr Robert William Day
2020/2021: Mr Michael John Scott

For the County of Norfolk

2018/2019: Mr Charles Jonathon Watt
2019/2020: Lady Agnew
2020/2021: Lady Roberts

For the County of Northamptonshire

2018/2019: Mr James Saunders Watson
2019/2020: Mr Nicholas Antony Norman Stuart Robertson
2020/2021: Mr Paul Thomas Serge Parsons

For the County of Northumberland

2018/2019: Mr Michael William Orde
2019/2020: The Lady Joicey
2020/2021: Mr Thomas Philip Fairfax

For the County of North Yorkshire

2018/2019: Mr Christopher John Charles Legard
2019/2020: Mrs Linda Lee Fenwick
2020/2021: Mr David Arnold Kerfoot MBE

For the County of Nottinghamshire

2018/2019: Mr Nicholas Richard Brian Ebbs
2019/2020: His Honour Jonathan James Teare
2020/2021: Dame Elizabeth Harriet Fradd DBE

For the County of Oxfordshire

2018/2019: Mr Richard Venables
2019/2020: Lady Jay of Ewelme CBE
2020/2021: Mrs Amanda Ponsonby MBE

For the County of Rutland

2018/2019: Mrs Margaret Susan Jarron
2019/2020: Mrs Margaret Allan Miles
2020/2021: Mr Richard Adrian Cole

For the County of Shropshire

2018/2019: Mr Rhoderick Martin Swire
2019/2020: Mr Jeremy John Dixey
2020/2021: Mrs Amanda Nadine Harris

For the County of Somerset

2018/2019: Mr Denis Andrew Southerden Burn
2019/2020: Mr Jonathan Alexander Newton Halliday
2020/2021: Mrs Mary-Clare Rodwell

For the County of South Yorkshire

2018/2019: Mr Barry Reginald Eldred
2019/2020: Mr John Pickering
2020/2021: Mrs Carole Diane O’Neill

For the County of Staffordshire

2018/2019: Mrs Philippa Jane Gee
2019/2020: Mr Ashley Edward Brough
2020/2021: Commander Charles James Bagot Jewitt RN (Rtd)

For the County of Suffolk

2018/2019: Mr George Moubray William Vestey
2019/2020: Mrs Rosalind Thrale Eminson
2020/2021: Ms Bridget Fiona McIntyre

For the County of Surrey

2018/2019: Mr William James Glover
2019/2020: Mrs Bridget Biddell
2020/2021: Mr Shahid Azeem

For the County of Tyne and Wear

2018/2019: Mr Paul Michael Callaghan CBE
2019/2020: Mrs Catherine Lorna Moran OBE
2020/2021: Mrs Sarah Lesley Stewart OBE

For the County of Warwickshire

2018/2019: Mrs Clare Anna Insull Sawdon
2019/2020: Mr Simon James Victor Miesegaes
2020/2021: Mr Joseph Greenwell CBE

For the County of West Midlands

2018/2019: Mr Christopher Thomas Loughran
2019/2020: Mr Michael Kuo
2020/2021: Mr Wade Cleone Lyn CBE

For the County of West Sussex

2018/2019: Mrs Caroline Nicholls
2019/2020: Mrs Davina Irwin-Clark
2020/2021: Dr Timothy John Charles Fooks

For the County of West Yorkshire

2018/2019: Mr Charles Richard Jackson MBE
2019/2020: Mr Paul David Lawrence
2020/2021: Mr Jonathan Henry Thornton

For the County of Wiltshire

2018/2019: Mrs Nicola Alberry
2019/2020: Mr David Bedingfeld Scott
2020/2021: Major General Ashley Truluck CB CBE

For the County of Worcestershire

2018/2019: Mr Cassian Blaise Luke Lechmere Roberts
2019/2020: Mr Edward Walter Pope Holloway
2020/2021: Mr Mark Lucian Jackson


Wales

For the County of Clwyd

2018/2019: Lady Hanmer
2019/2020: Mrs Stephanie Lynne Catherall
2020/2021: Mr David Heneage Wynne-Finch

For the County of Dyfed

2018/2019: Mr Stephen Mansel Davies
2019/2020: Mrs Anne Helena Jane Lewis
2020/2021: Mr David John Jones MBE

For the County of Gwent

2018/2019: Mrs Sharon Evelyn Lesley Linnard
2019/2020: Dame Claire Elizabeth Clancy DCB
2020/2021: Mr Timothy Mark Sinclair Russen

For the County of Gwynedd

2018/2019: Mrs Kathryn Kerena Griffiths Ellis
2019/2020: Mrs Susan Moules Jones
2020/2021: Mr David Eryl Francis Williams

For the County of Mid Glamorgan

2018/2019: Mr Jonathan Hugh Wall
2019/2020: Colonel Wilma Christina Jean Donnelly (Rtd) CBE TD
2020/2021: Mr Jason Michael Edwards

For the County of Powys

2018/2019: Mr David Rowland Price
2019/2020: Mr David Lloyd Peate
2020/2021: Mrs Rhian Meredydd Duggan

For the County of South Glamorgan

2018/2019: Mr Brian Charles Lakin
2019/2020: Dr Isabel Mary Graham
2020/2021: Mr Andrew Rhys Howell

For the County of West Glamorgan

2018/2019: Mr Henry Michael Gilbert
2019/2020: Ms Sally Ruth Goldstone
2020/2021: Mr Maldwyn Lloyd Pope

Life Peerage for the Former Chief of the Defence Staff

Her Majesty The Queen has granted General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton GCB CBE the title of Baron Houghton of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire for the duration of his life under the Life Peerage Act of 1958.

He was nominated for a Life Peerage following his service as Chief of the Defence Staff. Lord Houghton of Richmond will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.