Thursday, 31 December 2020
New Companion of Honour
New Year’s Honours 2021
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Sir David Alan Chipperfield CBE
Knight Bachelor (Sir)
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen
The Right Honourable Charles Geoffrey Cox QC MP
Mr Roger Deakins
Mr Lewis Hamilton MBE
Ms Angela Eagle MP
Ms Sheila Cameron Hancock CBE
Ms Irene Hays CBE
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Mr Bob Champion MBE
Ms Lesley Ann Manville OBE
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Mr Toby Jones
Mr Jed Mercurio
Ms Nina Wadia
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Ms Anne Keothavong Bretherton
Ms Gillian Coultard
Mr Craig David
Ms Sally Dynevor
Mr Jimmy Greaves
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
New Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
Dr. Ewan D. Clark
New Deputy Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright
Mr Mark Arthur James Jardine MBE
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
New Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant Colonel (Acting Colonel) M. C. Brookes Aide-de-Camp to her household in succession to Colonel J. S. Gunning.
New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of County Tyrone
Mr Robert Scott OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Tyrone has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone.
Mrs Frances Beatrice Nolan MBE DL
New Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester
Mr Michael John Egerton Walmsley MBE
New Deputy Lieutenant of West Glamorgan
Louise Fleet JP, Lord-Lieutenant of the West Glamorgan has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Glamorgan.
Mrs Susan Anne Jones MBE
Friday, 20 November 2020
New Vice Lord-Lieutenant for West Glamorgan
Mrs Louise Fleet JP, Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan.
Mr Philip Llewellyn Hunkin DL
Thursday, 19 November 2020
New Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone
Mr Christopher Leonard Kerr QFSM
New Deputy Lieutenant of Dumfries
Ms Andrea Thompson
New Vice Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Kent
Brigadier (Retd) Trevor John Minter OBE DL
New Honorary Veterinary Surgeon to The Queen
New Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire
Ms Jenny Christine Grainger
Mr Paul Lawrence
Mrs Kathryn Lindley
Ms Sharon Watson
Ms Sofia Buncy
Ms Angela Monaghan
New Deputy Lieutenants of Kent
Mrs Susan Jane Ashton
Mr Timothy Bruce Bull
Mr Lennox Paul Cato
Mrs Elizabeth Kate Fenwick
Mr Nicholas Charles Hely-Hutchinson
Lady Newey
Baron Northbourne
Professor Rama Shankaran Thirunamachandran
New Honorary Chaplain to The Queen
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire
Mr Christopher Noel Mackworth James OBE
New Deputy Lieutenants of West Glamorgan
Mr Stephen Michael Fry RD VR
Mr Joseph Gwyn Thomas
New Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian
Mrs Rachel Jane Oliphant
New Deputy Lieutenants of Hampshire
Mrs Amelia Ashton JP
Major (Retd) Mani Kumar Rai MBE
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
RVM for Yeoman Warder
RVM for Former Yeoman of The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard
RVM for Yeoman Warder
RVM for Former Divisional Sergeant Major of The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard
RVM for Head Gardener
MVO for Page to The Duke of Edinburgh
MVO for Yeoman of the Plate Pantry
MVO for Valet to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
MVO for Royal Protection Officer
MVO for Royal Protection Officer
MVO for Chauffeur to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
MVO for Chauffeur to The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
LVO for Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
LVO for Former Adjutant of the Royal Company of Archers
LVO for Former Assistant Private Secretary to The Earl and Countess of Wessex
LVO for Former Surgeon to The Queen in Scotland
LVO for Deputy Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
CVO for the Lady in Waiting to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
CVO for the Lady in Waiting to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
CVO for the Lord-Lieutenant of Sutherland
CVO for the Lady in Waiting to Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
CVO for the Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
CVO for the Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire
CVO for Deputy Keeper of the Privy Purse
KCVO for Her Majesty’s Former Representative at Ascot
KCVO for Master of the Household
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Sir Paul Smith CBE
Knight Bachelor (Sir)
Mr Tommy Steele OBE
Professor Phil Redmond CBE
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS
Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Mrs Mary Berry CBE
Ms Maureen Lipman CBE
Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Ms Lorraine Kelly OBE
Ms Joan Armatrading MBE
Mr Adrian Lester OBE
Mr Gareth Thomas
Professor Brian Edward Cox OBE FRS
Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Mr Jeff Lynne
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Mr Derrick Evans (Mr Motivator)
Dizzee Rascal
Mr Darren Gough
Ms Reanne Evans
Ms Eve Muirhead
Mr Marcus Rashford
Mr Joe Wicks
Dr Hilary Jones
New Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire
Thursday, 24 September 2020
New Deputy Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross
Gordon Kenneth Stephen Leckie, Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.
Major Christopher Roderick Gover McIntosh
New Deputy Lieutenants of Worcestershire
Ms Louise Caroline Hewitt
New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
Monday, 21 September 2020
New Aide-de-Camp of Army Reserve to the Queen
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
Mr Christopher John Charles Legard DL
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
New Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire
New Deputy Lieutenant of County Londonderry
Mr William Oliver
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands
Professor Helen Elisabeth Higson OBE
New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom
The Honourable Lord Woolman
The Honourable Lord Pentland
Thursday, 13 August 2020
New Deputy Lieutenant of East Lothian
Sir Hew Richard Dalrymple Bt
New Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire
Professor Elizabeth Barnes CBE
Mr Ashley Brough
Mr Miles Brough
Mr John Leavesley
Mr Jeremy Lefroy
Mrs Jane Sawyers QPM
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of the Royal County of Berkshire
Mr Graham Barker DL
New Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex
Mr Simon Peter Corello JP DL
Wednesday, 12 August 2020
New Deputy Lieutenant of Western Isles
Mr Kenneth John Maclennan, MBE
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk
Colonel Christopher Alastair Campbell DL
Friday, 31 July 2020
Archduchess marries Belgian Racing Driver
Archduchess Eleonore is a model and Jewellery designer and Jérôme a Formula E racing driver, currently driving for Mahindra Racing.
The couple plan to marry in a religious ceremony once Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted. Congratulations to them both, I wish them a long and happy life together.
Friday, 24 July 2020
New Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute
Twins for the House of Hanover
Monday, 20 July 2020
New Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Bristol
Ms Alexandra Olivia Raikes MBE
Mrs Anne Marie Nisbet
Mr Christopher John Curling
Mr Dominic Paul Wood
Mr Lee John Williams
New Deputy Lieutenants of Sutherland
Mr Graeme Smart
Ms Christine MacKay
Ms Catriona Whitfield
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian
Mrs Sarah Barron
Sunday, 19 July 2020
New Deputy Lieutenants of Wiltshire
Mr Piers Farquhar Dibben
Mrs Linda Clare Terry Gibson
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Richard Gregory KBE CB
Friday, 17 July 2020
HRH Princess Beatrice of York Marries in Secret
Sunday, 5 July 2020
New Deputy Lieutenants of County Fermanagh
Mr Jisbinder Singh Sembhi
Mrs Jenifer Alison Johnston
Mrs Jennifer Hannah Irvine
Mrs Catherine Mary Maguire
New Deputy Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire
Mr Edward Attenborough
Mr Peter Emerson
Professor Dean Fathers
Colonel (Retired) Nicholas Hile
Mr Nadeem Raza
Professor Edward Peck
New Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk
The Lady Agnew of Oulton
Mr James Bagge
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
Mr Benjamyn Hartley Damazer JP DL
New Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
New Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire
Mrs Sarah Ann Clarke JP
Sir Francis John Stapylton Habgood QPM
Mrs Julia Anne Upton MBE
New Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex
Mrs Violet Ljubica Hancock
New Deputy Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute
Mr James Campbell Martin
New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk
Mr Peter Wilson MBE DL
Friday, 22 May 2020
The Sunday Times Rich List 2020
Position
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Position in the Sunday Time Rich List 2020
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Person/Family
|
Worth according to the Sunday Time Rich List 2020
|
1
|
1
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Sir James Dyson and Family
|
£16.2bn
|
2
|
4
|
Sir Leonard Blavatnik
|
£15.781bn
|
3
|
5
|
Sir Jim Ratcliffe
|
£12.15bn
|
4
|
10
|
The Duke of Westminster and Family
|
£10.295bn
|
5
|
17
|
Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay
|
£7bn
|
6
|
18
|
Earl Cadogan and Family
|
£6.817bn
|
7
|
27
|
Lord Bamford and Family
|
£4.7bn
|
8
|
28
|
Baroness Howard De Walden and Family
|
£4.316bn
|
9
|
33
|
Sir Henry Keswick and Family
|
£4bn
|
10
|
40
|
Sir Richard Branson and Family
|
£3.625bn
|
11
|
50
|
Sir Anwar Perves and Family
|
£3.102bn
|
12
|
51
|
Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman
|
£3.047bn
|
13
|
63
|
Robert Miller and Princess Marie-Chantal and Family
|
£2.15bn
|
14
|
67
|
Viscount Portman and Family
|
£2.05bn
|
15
|
69
|
Alejandro Santo Domingo and Lady Charlotte Wellesley
|
£2.031bn
|
16
|
70
|
Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani
|
£2bn
|
17
|
77
|
Lord Paul and Family
|
£1.9bn
|
18
|
85
|
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Family
|
£1.754bn
|
19
|
86
|
Sir Ian Wood and Family
|
£1.7bn
|
20
|
93
|
Lord Choudrey and Family
|
£1.531bn
|
21
|
95
|
Sir Michael Hintze
|
£1.5bn
|
22
|
107
|
Lady Ballyedmond and Family
|
£1.345bn
|
23
|
111
|
Sir Chris Hohn
|
£1.3bn
|
24
|
119
|
Sir Cameron Mackintosh
|
£1.25bn
|
25
|
119
|
Sir Terry Matthews
|
£1.24bn
|
26
|
121
|
Lord Sugar
|
£1.21bn
|
27
|
122
|
Lord Grantchester and The Moores Family
|
£1.206bn
|
28
|
123
|
Lord Ashcroft and Family
|
£1.2bn
|
29
|
132
|
Lord Kirkham and Family
|
£1.14bn
|
30
|
134
|
Lady Philomena Clark and Family
|
£1.131bn
|
31
|
141
|
Lord Edmiston
|
£1.047bn
|
32
|
151
|
Sir Dennis and Mireille Gillings
|
£933m
|
33
|
152
|
Sir David McMurtry
|
£932m
|
34
|
154
|
Sir Philip and Lady Green
|
£930m
|
35
|
158
|
The Earl of Iveagh and The Guinness Family
|
£906m
|
36
|
161
|
The Duke of Devonshire
|
£895m
|
37
|
163
|
Sir Roger and Peter De Haan
|
£876m
|
38
|
174
|
Lord Lloyd-Webber
|
£800m
|
39
|
174
|
Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell
|
£800m
|
40
|
179
|
Sir Peter Wood
|
£790m
|
41
|
180
|
Lord Laidlaw
|
£787m
|
42
|
182
|
Prince Jonathan and Princess Gesine Doria Pamphilj
|
£775m
|
43
|
183
|
Sir Peter Rigby
|
£770m
|
44
|
188
|
The Duke Bedford
|
£750m
|
45
|
192
|
Viscount Rothermere and Family
|
£738m
|
46
|
194
|
Sir Brian Souter and Dame Ann Gloag
|
£730m
|
47
|
199
|
Lord Vestey and Family
|
£721m
|
48
|
201
|
Sir Lloyd Dorfman and Family
|
£720m
|
49
|
203
|
Sir Evelyn and Lady De Rothschild
|
£700m
|
50
|
209
|
Sir Charles Dunstone
|
£681m
|
51
|
212
|
Lord Rothschild
|
£650m
|
52
|
221
|
Sir Paul Marshall
|
£630m
|
53
|
225
|
Sir Tom Hunter
|
£625m
|
54
|
228
|
Sir Martin Franklin
|
£610m
|
55
|
240
|
The Duke of Sutherland
|
£585m
|
56
|
268
|
Lord Sainsbury and Family
|
£512m
|
57
|
277
|
Sir Jack Petchey
|
£493m
|
58
|
283
|
Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones
|
£467m
|
59
|
300
|
The Duke of Northumberland
|
£445m
|
60
|
308
|
Sir Peter Ogden
|
£435m
|
61
|
309
|
Dame Margaret and Helen Barbour and Family
|
£430m
|
62
|
337
|
Sir Michael and Dermot Smurfit and Family
|
£397m
|
63
|
363
|
Sir Philip Hulme
|
£360m
|
64
|
363
|
Sir Elton John
|
£360m
|
65
|
367
|
Sir James Wates and Family
|
£357m
|
66
|
372
|
Sir Martyn Arbib and Family
|
£350m
|
67
|
372
|
HM The Queen
|
£350m
|
68
|
378
|
Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi and Family
|
£345m
|
69
|
378
|
The Marquess of Salisbury
|
£345m
|
70
|
393
|
Sir David Samworth and Family
|
£334m
|
71
|
396
|
Lord Alliance and Family
|
£330m
|
72
|
399
|
Sir Angus and Flure Grossart and Family
|
£325m
|
73
|
402
|
Sir John and Peter Beckwith
|
£323m
|
74
|
403
|
Lord Iliffe and Family
|
£322m
|
75
|
425
|
Lord and Lady Haughey and Family
|
£309m
|
76
|
435
|
Sir Richard Sutton and Family
|
£301m
|
77
|
436
|
Sir Harry Djanogly and Family
|
£300m
|
78
|
436
|
Lord Palumbo
|
£300m
|
79
|
436
|
Sir Paul Ruddock
|
£300m
|
80
|
458
|
Sir Mick Jagger
|
£285m
|
81
|
458
|
Lord Zac and Lady Annabel Goldsmith and Family
|
£285m
|
82
|
472
|
Lord Heseltine and Family
|
£276m
|
83
|
488
|
Sir Martin Sorrell
|
£269m
|
84
|
491
|
Sir Malcolm Walker and Family
|
£265m
|
85
|
497
|
Sir Ringo Starr
|
£260m
|
86
|
508
|
The Duke of Buccleuch and Family
|
£253m
|
87
|
511
|
Viscount Astor and Family
|
£250m
|
88
|
521
|
Lord Brownlow
|
£247m
|
89
|
523
|
Sir Paul and Lady Smith
|
£242m
|
90
|
530
|
Sir John Ritblat and Family
|
£232m
|
91
|
532
|
Sir Stanley and Peter Thomas
|
£231m
|
92
|
537
|
The Duke Richmond and Gordon and Family
|
£228m
|
93
|
545
|
Viscount Cowdray and The Pearson Family
|
£224m
|
94
|
555
|
Lord Alli
|
£220m
|
95
|
568
|
The Marquess of Bath
|
£215m
|
96
|
583
|
Sir Chris Evans
|
£208m
|
97
|
589
|
Sir Colin Giltrap
|
£206m
|
98
|
593
|
Lord Archer
|
£205m
|
99
|
593
|
Sir Peter Harrison and Family
|
£205m
|
100
|
593
|
Sir Jonathan Ive
|
£205m
|
101
|
600
|
Sir John MacTaggart and Family
|
£203m
|
102
|
601
|
Sir Michael Bibby and Family
|
£202m
|
103
|
610
|
Sir Rod Stewart
|
£200m
|
104
|
633
|
Lord Glendonbrook
|
£198m
|
105
|
645
|
Sir Martin Laing and Family
|
£194m
|
106
|
654
|
Sir John Timpson and Family
|
£190m
|
107
|
663
|
The Duke of Marlborough
|
£188m
|
108
|
685
|
Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Bt and Family
|
£180m
|
109
|
700
|
Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland Bt
|
£176m
|
110
|
703
|
Lord Foster
|
£175m
|
111
|
712
|
Sir Peter Vardy and Family
|
£172m
|
112
|
722
|
Sir Tom Jones
|
£170m
|
113
|
722
|
Sir Graham Wylie
|
£170m
|
114
|
743
|
Lord Verjee
|
£165m
|
115
|
759
|
Sir Keith Mills
|
£161m
|
116
|
774
|
The Marquess of Bute
|
£158m
|
117
|
780
|
Sir Peter Michael
|
£157m
|
118
|
788
|
Sir Tim Rice
|
£155m
|
119
|
793
|
Sir Robert Ogden
|
£153m
|
120
|
805
|
The Duke of Beaufort
|
£150m
|
121
|
825
|
The Earl of Pembroke
|
£149m
|
122
|
837
|
The Duke of Rutland
|
£146m
|
123
|
849
|
Dame Natalie Massenet
|
£143m
|
124
|
858
|
Lord Farmer
|
£140m
|
125
|
876
|
Sir Clive Cowdery
|
£137m
|
126
|
876
|
Sir Anish Kapoor
|
£137m
|
127
|
876
|
Sir Alan Parker
|
£137m
|
128
|
890
|
Sir Rod Aldridge
|
£135m
|
129
|
890
|
Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith and Family
|
£135m
|
130
|
900
|
The Duke of Roxburghe
|
£134m
|
131
|
915
|
Lord and Charles Saatchi
|
£131m
|
132
|
944
|
Sir Damon Buffini
|
£127m
|
133
|
949
|
Sir Tom Farmer
|
£126m
|
134
|
955
|
The Earl of Rosebery
|
£125m
|
135
|
955
|
Earl Spencer
|
£125m
|
136
|
980
|
Lord and Lady Popat and Family
|
£121m
|
137
|
982
|
Sir Henry Angest
|
£120m
|
138
|
982
|
Lord and Lady Nash
|
£120m
|
139
|
982
|
The Earl of Stockton and The Macmillan Family
|
£120m
|