King's Birthday Honour List 2024 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the King's Birthday Honour List 2024.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

The Rt Hon. Baron de Mauley TD
Captain Ian McNaught CVO

Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO)

Her Grace The Duchess of Northumberland

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Mr John David Sebastian Booth
Sir John Rawcliffe Airey Crabtree OBE
Dr Michael David Dixon LVO OBE
His Excellency General the Honourable David John Hurley AC DSC
Mr Alan Gordon Simpson OBE
Mr Julian Arthur Vaughan Smith
Professor Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Mr Julian Graham Birt MVO
Dr Fiona Ogilvie Butler BEM
Ms Emily Anne Cherrington
Michael Matthew Patrick Dooley
Mr Jean-Christophe Nicholas Gray CBE
Mr Richard Andrew Fitzalan Howard
Ms Catherine Beris James
Ms Sarah Elizabeth Lord MVO
The Reverend Kenneth Ian MacKenzie
Ms Alison Flora MacMillan MVO
Mr Nicholas Charles Osler
Commodore Christopher Laurence Palmer CBE RN
Ms Jill Revans MVO
Major Henry Geoffrey Robertson
Ms Rosanna Young de Sancha MVO
Mr Shaun Dominic Turner MVO

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Ms Elizabeth Frances Clark Ashby
Mr Guy Paul Blanch
Mr Nicholas Peter Day
Mr David Thomas Evans RVM
Ms Hannah Rebecca Goodall
Ms Elizabeth Georgina Harford
Mr William Henry Hodges
Mr Eric James Lofty
Ms Rosemary Mason
Mr Keith Robert Murphy
Ms Sheila Mary O’Connor MBE
Mr Stewart Orr RVM
Ms Kajal Patel
Ms Susan Wilding

Royal Victorian Medal (Gold) (RVM)

Mr Alan William Goodship MVO RVM

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Ms Veronica Victoria Cain RVM
Mr Kenneth Richard Pritchard Jones RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Ms Jennifer Crossley
Mr Robin John Brooker-Gillespie
Mr Nicholas James King
Mr Kevin John Liddle
Mr Leslie Arthur Nash
Mr William David Norton
Ms Marion O’Brien
Mr Peter George Oliver
Ms Michelle Robinson
Ms Maureen Willis
Mr Peter David Wilson

King's Birthday Honours List 2024

On the 15th June 2024, The King’s Birthday Honours List 2024 was announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as


Companion of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
The Rt Hon Dr Gordon Brown

Knight Bachelor (Sir)
Mr Alan Bates
Mr John Rutter CBE

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)
Mr Mark Cavendish MBE

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Ms Tracey Emin CBE
The Hon. Hannah Rothschild CBE
Ms Imelda Staunton CBE

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Mr Alan Yentob

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Miss Karen Carney MBE
Mr Ally McCoist MBE

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Miss Rose Ayling-Ellis
Ms Susie Dent
Ms Amy Dowden
Ms Rebecca Ferguson
Ms Shobna Gulati
Mr Simon Le Bon

New Deputy Lieutenants of Northumberland

On the 13th of June 2024, Dr Caroline Pryer Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland has commissioned the following people to become a Deputy Lieutenants of Northumberland.

Mrs Alison Germany

Mrs Carolyn Clayton

Mr Iain Nixon

Ms Julie Cordon

Lieutenant Colonel Keith Montgomery

New Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk

On the 10th of June 2024, Clare, Countess of Euston Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk has commissioned the following people to become a Deputy Lieutenants of Suffolk.

Mrs Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason OBE

Dr Nikolaos Savvas

New Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran

On the 3rd of June 2024, Iona S McDonald OBE Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.

Mr David Park

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland

In June 2024, Dr Caroline Pryer Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland.

Mr Stuart Birkett DL

New Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports

On the 21st May 2024, His Majesty the King appointed Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC ADC DL to the post of Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports. Sir George succeeds Admiral of the Fleet The Rt Hon The Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE KStJ DL who passed away in 2022.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Dumfries

On the 3rd of June 2024, Fiona Armstrong Lord-Lieutenant of Dumfries has commissioned the following people to become a Deputy Lieutenants of Dumfries.

Mrs Kathleen Thomson QPM
Mr Charles James Anderson Milroy

New Master of the Horse

In June 2024 His Majesty The King appointed The Right Honourable Lord Ashton of Hyde PC to the postion of Master of the Horse succeeding The Right Honourable Lord de Mauley.

New Chancellor of the Order of the Garter

In June 2024 His Majesty The King appointed The Right Honourable The Baroness Manningham-Buller LG DCB to the postion of Chancellor of the Order of the Garter succeeding His Grace The Duke of Abercorn KG.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Essex

On the 24th of May 2024, Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst Lord-Lieutenant of Essex has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Essex.

Mrs Sue Bell OBE
Mr Charles Richard Maurice Bishop
The Right Honourable the Lord Burnett of Maldon PC
Mrs Clare Panniker
Mr Paul Gerald Roberts
Lady Vanessa Petronel Watson

New Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire

Robert Voss CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.

Air Vice-Marshal Nicholas Kurth CBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Angus

In May 2024, Patricia Ann Sawers Lord-Lieutenant of Angus has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Angus.

Mr Scott Charles Milne
Mr Edward Oliver Russell

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Angus

In May 2024, Patricia Sawers Lord-Lieutenant of Angus has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Angus.

Mr Malcolm John Taylor TD

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

On the 17th May 2024, His Majesty the King approved the following person member of His Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

The Honourable Lord Justice Sir Fraser

New Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire

On the 23rd May 2024, Susan Lousada Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire. 

Mr Hannan Ali

Colonel Leona Irene Barr-Jones

Mr Martin Darlow

Mr James Nicholas Russell

Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Paul Searle

New Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire

Mike Kapur OBE CStJ, Lord-Lieutenant of Leicestershire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Leicestershire.

Mrs Anita Elizabeth Darlison MBE
Ms Rachel Tidmarsh
Mr Ian Mattioli MBE
Mr Graham Smith

New Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

In May 2024, Jill Young MBE Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

Mr James Paterson Rogers DL

New Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland

Ms Caroline Anne Pryer JP DL was appointed by the King to become Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland when The Duchess of Northumberland retired on the 1st of May 2024.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire

In April 2024 Mrs Anna Turner JP Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire.

Garrison Sergeant Major Andrew John Stokes OBE MVO

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire

On the 5th of April 2024, Lady Redmond MBE Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cheshire.

Mr Alan Davies JP

Professor Eunice Angela Simmons

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Londonderry

On the 2nd of April 2024, Mr Ian Crowe MBE Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Londonderry.

Professor Aaron Peace

Miss Susan Spence BEM

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands

On the 2nd of April 2024, Sir John Crabtree OBE Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands.

Mr Owen Everton Burke OBE
Mr Kevin Davis
Mr David George Heeley OBE
Ms Lesley Wilde