New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Gloucestershire

Dame Janet Olive Trotter DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Gloucestershire.

Ms Margaret D Austen
Dr Sally Byng OBE
Ms Ruth FitzJohn
Ms Caroline Duckworth

Life Peerage for Former Leader of Somerset County Council

Catherine Mary Bakewell MBE has been granted the title of Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, of Hardington Mandeville in the County of Somerset. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former Leader of the Welsh Conservative Party

Nicholas Henry Bourne Esq has been granted the title of Baron Bourne of Aberystwyth, of Aberystwyth in the County of Ceredigion and of Wethersfield in the County of Essex. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Life Peerage for the Mother of Stephen Lawrence

Doreen Delceita Lawrence OBE has been granted the title of Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon, of Clarendon in the Commonwealth Realm of Jamaica. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for the Labour Party.

Life Peerage for Former Legal Services Ombudsman

Zahida Parveen Manzoor CBE has been granted the title of Baroness Manzoor, of Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

New Honorary Nurse to the Queen

On the 5th of August 2013, Her Majesty the Queen appointed Group Captain P.M. Spragg to be an Honorary Nurse to Her Majesty.

Life Peerage for Treasurer of the Liberal Democrat Party

Sir Ian William Wrigglesworth has been granted the title of Baron Wrigglesworth, of Norton on Tees in the County of Durham. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for one of Labour’s Top Advisors

Jonathan Neil Mendelsohn Esq has been granted the title of Baron Mendelsohn, of Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords for the Labour Party.

Life Peerage for Former Head of Communications for the Liberal Democrats

Ms Rosalind Mary Grender MBE has been granted the title of Baroness Grender, of Kingston upon Thames in the London Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

Life Peerage for Former MP of Orpington

John Rhodes Horam Esq has been granted the title of Baron Horam, of Grimsargh in the County of Lancashire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Cumbria

Mrs Claire Theresa Hensman, Lord-Lieutenant of Cumbria commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Cumbria.

James William Scobie Newcome Esq
Thomas Michael McMullen MBE
Mrs Jane Hasell-McCosh

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester

Warren James Smith KStJ JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester.

Dr Syed Nayyer Abbas Abidi MBE
Mrs Susan S Allison
Ms Melanie Bryan OBE
Mrs Anna Reeves

New Deputy Lieutenant for Roxburgh, Ettrick & Lauderdale

The Hon. Gerald Maitland-Carew, Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick & Lauderdale has commissioned the following to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick & Lauderdale.

Mr John Philip Scott FCII FCSI

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel M. C. Whiteside OBE Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel D. G. Scott Aide-de-Camp to her household.

It’s a girl for Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Frederick Windsor

On the 15th of August 2013 Lady Windsor gave birth to a baby Girl weighing 7lb at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles, USA. Lord Frederick Windsor was at the birth.

The baby’s name is Maud Elizabeth Daphne Marina Windsor she is currently 42nd in line to the throne of Britain and the Commonwealth realms.

Prince and Princess Michael of Kent are said to be delighted with the news of their first grandchild.

HRH Prince Johan Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968-2013)

Today HRH Prince Johan Friso Bernhard Christiaan David Prince of Orange-Nassau brother to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands sadly passed away.

The Prince had been in a coma since 17th February 2012 when he was in an avalanche that had buried him causing significant brain damage due to lack of oxygen.

After initial treatment in Austria he was sent to Wellington Hospital in London and on the 9th July 2013 he was moved to Huis ten Bosch Palace in the Netherlands were passed away following compactions.

My thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Devon

Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Devon.

Mr Philip Bostock
Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB OBE

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.