New Lord Lieutenant for Suffolk

Clare, Countess of Euston DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Suffolk succeeding Lord Tollemache who retired on 13 December 2014.

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2015.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden is Expecting her Second Baby

Swedish Royal Court has announced that the King’s daughter Princess Madeleine and her husband Mr Christopher O’Neill are expecting their second baby in the summer of 2015.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset

Lady Gass DCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Somerset.

Mr John David Cullum
Mrs Anne Caroline Maw
Mr Andrew Brownsword CBE
Mr Peter Lewis Wyman CBE
Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff CBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester

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

Ms Ruth Ibegbuna
Air Vice Marshal Jon Lamonte
Mr Ian M Sandiford
Mr Geoff Thompson MBE

CVO for Queen’s Vicar

The Reverend Prebendary William Sievwright Scott has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for his service as Sub-Dean of Her Majesty’s Chapels Royal, Sub-Dean and Domestic Chaplain of the Ecclesiastical Household, Deputy Clerk of the Closet and Sub-Almoner.

New Lord Lieutenant for Fife

Mr Robert William Balfour DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Fife succeeding Mrs Catherine Margaret Dean CVO who retired on 16 November 2014.

It’s a Baby Boy and Girl of the Prince & Princess of Monaco

On the 10th December 2014 Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco gave birth to a baby girl and boy at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco. The Baby’s names, styles and titles are as follows

HSH Princess Gabriella Thérèse Marie Grimaldi of Monaco, Countess of Carladès
HSH Hereditary Prince Jacques Honoré Rainier Grimaldi of Monaco, Marquis of Baux

Prince Jacques is now heir to the Monegasque throne and his sister Princess Gabriella is second in line.

The Princess and the Children are doing well.

Life Peerage for Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Mr William Alexander Hay has been granted the title of Baron Hay of Ballyore, of Ballyore in the City of Londonderry. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

Life Peerage for Former Clerk of the House of Commons

Sir Robert James Rogers KCB has been granted the title of Baron Lisvane, of Blakemere in the County of Herefordshire and of Lisvane in the City and County of Cardiff. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Deputy Lieutenants of County Antrim

Joan Christie OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of County Antrim.

Mr David McCorkell
Colonel Neil Salisbury OBE

Life Peerage for British economist

Professor Alison Margaret Wolf CBE has been granted the title of Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, of Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex

Mr Peter Field, Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of East Sussex.

Mr Derek Stevens

Life Peerage for Former Director General of MI5

Sir Jonathan Douglas Evans KCB has been granted the title of Baron Evans of Weardale, of Toys Hill in the County of Kent. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire

Ian Dudson CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire.

Mr Simon Clarke
Mr Jeremy Cotton
Mr David Gage
Mrs Barbara Hyde
Miss Susie Inge-Innes-Lillington
Mr Graham Morley
Mr Pritpal Singh Nagi

Life Peerage for Chairman of MigrationWatch UK

Sir Andrew Fleming Green KCMG has been granted the title of Baron Green of Deddington, of Deddington in the County of Oxfordshire. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire

Helen Nellis, Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Bedfordshire.

Ms Ruth Margaret Bell MBE
Reverend Lloyd George Denny
Ms Deborah Mary Inskip
Dr Nazia Khanum OBE
Mr Christopher Richard Kilroy
Colonel Christopher Hugh Sharwood-Smith

New Member of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Group Captain Mark Driver to be a member of Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms.

New Lord Lieutenant for Royal County of Berkshire

Mr James Puxley DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for the Royal County of Berkshire succeeding The Honourable Mrs Mary Bayliss when she retires on 14 January 2015.

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

Her Majesty the Queen approved the following people members of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.

Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP
The Rt Hon.The Lord Taylor of Holbeach
The Rt Hon.The Lord Kakkar
Mr Mark Simmonds MP
The Rt Hon.The Baroness Kramer
Ms Jenny Willott MP