Working Peer List 2013

Her majesty the Queen has announced her intention to bestow Life Peerages on following people who will be working peers within the House of Lords for their respected party’s.

Conservative Party

Mr Richard Balfe
Sir Anthony Paul Bamford DL
Mr Nicholas Bourne
Mr Matthew Carrington
Mr Daniel Finkelstein OBE
Miss Annabel Goldie DL MSP
Lady Fiona Hodgson CBE
Mr Christopher Holmes MBE
Mr John R Horam
Mr Howard Leigh
Dame Lucy Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG
Sir Stephen Sherbourne
Mr Michael Whitby
Ms Susan Williams

Green Party

Ms Jenny Jones AM

Labour Party

Sir Charles Allen CBE
Sir William Haughey OBE
Lady Alicia Kennedy
Ms Doreen Lawrence OBE
Mr Jonathan Mendelsohn

Liberal Democrat Party

Ms Catherine Mary Bakewell MBE
Ms Rosalind Grender MBE
Ms Christine Mary Humphreys
Ms Zahida Manzoor CBE
Mr Brian Paddick
The Hon. James Palumbo
Mr Jeremy Purvis
Ms Alison Suttie
Mr Rumi Verjee CBE
Sir Ian Wrigglesworth

Disgraced Former minister Chris Huhne’s ex-wife stripped of CB

The Queen has accepted the Honours Forfeiture Committee’s advice and decreed that Mrs Vicky Pryce is to be stripped of the Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) awarded to her on the 13 June 2009 following her conviction for perverting the course of justice. Her honour has been cancelled and annulled and her name shall cease to be on the register of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.

RVM (Gold) for Mr John Kerr

Mr John Trodden Kerr RVM has been awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Gold (RVM) for his service as Leading Palace Attendant at Windsor Castle.

MVO for Royal Chauffeur

Mr Daniel Martell RVM BEM has been appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Deputy Head Chauffeur to the Royal Household.

LVO for Mr Alan Ryan

Mr Alan Peter Ryan MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Assistant Property Manager at Buckingham Palace.

KCVO for Clerk of the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Mr Paul Robert Virgo Clarke CVO Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Clerk of the Council of the Duchy of Lancaster.

MVO for Queen’s Gurkha Officer

Captain (QGO) Trilochan Gurung of The Royal Gurkha Rifles 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) Devendra Ale 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.

DCVO for Queen’s Librarian

The Hon. Lady Roberts CVO has been appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) for her service as Librarian and Curator of the Print Room to the Royal Household.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Buckinghamshire

Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher Bt JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Buckinghamshire.

Mrs Caroline Bridget Abel Smith OBE
Mrs Alison Carolyn Cumming
Mr John Evan Moffoot MBE
Brigadier William Joseph O’Leary TD ADC
Mrs Alison Jane Phillips OBE

The Prince of Cambridge’s name announced

Kensington Palace has announced the name of the Royal baby as His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge.

New Usher of the Purple Rod

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Dame Amelia Chilcott Fawcett DBE Lady Usher of the Purple Rod of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in succession to Sir Alexander Michael Graham GBE who has retired.

New Chief of the Royal Air Force

Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford KCB CBE has been appointed Chief of Air Staff and Air Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the Queen in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton GCB ADC.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear

Nigel Sherlock OBE, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear has appointed the following Vice Lord Lieutenant of the County of Tyne and Wear.

Gavin McFarlane Black Esq

It’s a Boy for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby boy at 16:24 GMT weighing 8lb 6oz at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London. The Duke of Cambridge was at the birth. Both mother and baby are doing well. A 41 gun salute will be fired in honour of the Royal birth.

Life Peerage for the Outgoing Governor of the Bank of England

Sir Mervyn Allister King GBE has been granted the title of Baron King of Lothbury, of Lothbury in the City of London. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Mr John Hayes MP

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

The Hon. Lord Justice Fulford (Sir Adrian Bruce Fulford)

Life Peerage for Government's New Trade Minister

Ian Livingston has been granted the title of Baron Livingston of Parkhead, of Parkhead in the City of Glasgow. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

New Member of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel Timothy Wilson to be a member of Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms in succession to Colonel Michael Robertson who has retired.