New Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London

Kenneth Olisa OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London.

Mr Kevin David McGrath DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Inverness

Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Inverness.

Mrs Jacqueline Forrest Wright
Mrs Fiona Jane Kelly

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute

Patrick Loudon McIain Stewart MBE, Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute

Mr James Philip Holland Mellor DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute

Patrick L M Stewart MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll and Bute has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Argyll and Bute.

Mr William Stewart Shaw
Baroness Miranda van Lynden

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

The Rt Hon. The Lord Astor of Hever DL
The Rt Hon. The Lord Bates
The Rt Hon. The Lord Feldman
The Rt Hon. The Lord Freud
Mr Robert Halfon MP
Mr Mark Harper MP
Mr Edward Llewellyn OBE MP
Ms Priti Patel MP
Ms Amber Rudd MP
Ms Anna Soubry MP
Mr John Whittingdale OBE MP
Mr Gavin Williamson MP
Mr Andrew Tyrie MP

Sheriffs of the City of London for 2015/16

The City of London has elected the following to act as Sheriffs of the City of London for 2015/16.

Dr Christine Holliday Rigden
The Honourable Charles Edward Beck Bowman

New Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside

Dame Lorna EF Muirhead DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Merseyside.

Mr Wally Brown CBE
Captain Hugh Blyth Daglish LVO JP
Sir Mark Hedley
Mrs Ruth Gould
Professor Dr. Ian Graham Tracey
Mr Sean McEvoy

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire

The Countess of Verulam, Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire.

Lord Charles Edward Vere Cecil
Mr Gerald Michael Nolan Corbett
Mrs Louise Mary Faure Walker
Dame Alison Peacock DBE
Mr Robert Andrew Voss CBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen City

Councillor George Adam, Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeen City has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Aberdeen City.

Mr Gregory Poon

The Princess of Cambridge’s Name Announced

Kensington Palace has announced the name of the Royal baby as Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge.

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

The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a baby Girl at 8:34 GMT weighing 8lb 3oz 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.

The Sunday Times Rich List 2015

Today the Sunday Times rich list was released. I have made one of my own that lists all the Royalty, Princes and Princess, Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, Barons and Baronesses, Baronets, Dames, Knights and Ladys within the Sunday Times rich list for 2015.

1. The Duke of Westminster £8560m
2. Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay £6500m
3. Earl Cadogan and Family £4800m
4. Sir Richard Branson and Family £4100m
5. Sir James Dyson and Family £3500m
6. Sir Philip and Lady Green £3500m
7. Sir Henry Keswick and Family £3275m
8. Baroness Howard de Walden and Family £3230m
9. Lord Bamford and Family £3100m
10. Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Family £2760m
11. Sir Anwar Pervez and Family £2440m
12. Lord Paul and Family £2200m
13. Sir Charles Dunstone £1800m
14. Sir Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman £1750m
15. Viscount Portman and Family £1720m
16. Douglas and Dame Mary Perkins and Family £1450m
17. Lady Ballyedmond and Family £1400m
18. Sir Ian Wood and Family £1385m
19. Lord Ashcroft £1320m
20. Sir Nadhmi Auchi £1235m
21. Sir Michael Hintze £1230m
22. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al Thani £1200m
23. Lord Grantchester and the Moores Family £1200m
24. Lord Kirkham and Family £1150m
25. Sir Cameron Mackintosh £1050m
26. Sir Terry Matthews £1040m
27. Robert Miller and Princess Marie-Chantal and Family £1040m
28. Sir Brian Souter and Ann Gloag £1040m
29. Lord Sugar £1040m
30. Viscount Rothermere and Family £1000m
31. Sir Roger and Peter de Haan £950m
32. Sir Donald Gordon and Family £900m
33. The Duke of Devonshire £850m
34. The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness Family £850m
35. Lord Laidlaw £780m
36. Sir David McMurtry £765m
37. Prince Jonathan and Princess Gesine Doria Pamphilj 750m
38. Sir Ken Morrison and Family £733m
39. Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell £730m
40. Lord Vestey and Family £700m
41. The Duke of Bedford £680m
42. Sir Arnold Clark and Family £675m
43. Sir Chris Hohn £663m
44. Lord Lloyd-Webber£650m
45. The Duke of Sutherland £580m
46. Sir Peter Rigby £550m
47. Lord Alliance and Family £532m
48. Sir Tom Hunter £529m
49. Lord Sainsbury and Family £507m
50. Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones £486m
51. Lord Rothschild £485m
52. Lord Edmiston £472m
53. Sir Evelyn and Lady Rothschild £467m
54. Sir Ronald Hobson £464m
55. Sir David Samworth and Family £455m
56. Sir Douglas Myers £450m
57. Sir Donald Gosling £427m
58. Charlotte Townshend £420m
59. Sir Michael Bibby and Family £400m
60. Sir Martyn Arbib and Family £350m
61. Sir John and Peter Beckwith £350m
62. The Duke of Northumberland £350m
63. The McAlpine Family £346m
64. The Queen £340m
65. Sir Martin Sorrell £325m
66. Sir Michael and Dermot Smurfit and Family £323m
67. Dame Margaret and Helen Barbour and Family £320m
68. Sir Rocco Forte and Olga Polizzi and Family £320m
69. Sir Peter Ogden £320m
70. William Parente and Family £320m
71. The Marquess of Salisbury £320m
72. Lord Palumbo £300m
73. Sir Paul and Lady Smith £290m
74. Lord and Apurv Bagri £280m
75. Zac and Lady Annabel Goldsmith and Family £280m
76. Lord Heseltine and Family 280m
77. Sir Elton John £270m
78. Lord Haughey and Family £260m
79. Viscount Cowdray and the Pearson Family £250m
80. Sir Angus Grossart and Family £243m
81. Lord Iliffe and Family £235m
82. Sir Stanley and Peter Thomas £235m
83. Sir Mick Jagger £225m
84. Lord Alli £220m
85. Sir Ronald Cohen and Sharon Harel £220m
86. The Marquess of Bath £210m
87. Lord Glendonbrook £200m
88. Sir Michael Marshall and Family £200m
89. The Duke of Buccleuch £198m
90. Sir Peter Harrison £198m
91. Sir John Ritblat £180m
92. Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Bt £175m
93. Sir Philip Naylor-Leyland Bt £175m
94. Sir Peter Vardy £175m
95. Sir Chris Evans £170m
96. Nat Rothschild £170m
97. Sir Colin Giltrap £169m
98. Lord Foster £160m
99. Sir John MacTaggart £160m
100. Sir Keith Mills £160m
101. Sir Richard Sutton £160m
102. Lord Farmer £150m
103. Lord Fink £150m
104. Sir Jonathan Ive £150m
105. Sir Tom Jones £150m
106. Sir Robert Ogden £150m
107. Sir Tim Rice £150m
108. The Duke of Beaufort £145m
109. Sir Peter Michael £145m
110. The Earl of Pembroke £145m
111. Lord and Charles Saatchi £143m
112. Lord Archer £140m
113. The Duke of Rutland £140m
114. Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith £135m
115. Sir Tom Farmer £130m
116. Sir Anish Kapoor £130m
117. Sir Martin Laing £130m
118. Sir Ray Tindle £130m
119. Sir Rod Alderidge £125m
120. Sir George Meyrick £125m
121. The Duke of Roxburghe £125m
122. Earl Spencer £125m
123. Lord Verjee £125m
124. Sir Richard George £120m
125. Sir Simon Roberts £120m
126. The Earl of Rosebery £120m
127. The Earl of Stockton and the Macmillian Family £120m
128. Lord Wolfson £120m
129. The Maquess of Bute £117m
130. Sir Alan Parker £115m
131. Lord and Martin Harris £110m
132. The Duke of Marlborough £110m
133. The Marquess of Northampton £110m
134. Lord Deighton £100m
135. The Earl of Halifax £100m
136. Lord Marland £100m
137. The Duke of Richmond and Gordon £100m
138. Lord Mostyn and Family £54m

The Queen’s Birthday 2016

Buckingham Palace has announced The Queen’s Official Birthday in 2016 will be on Saturday the 11th of June 2016.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Devon

Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon.

Mr Michael Morpurgo

New Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire

The Countess of Darnley JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Herefordshire.

Mr Edward Mortimer Harley
The Rt Hon. The Lord Lisvane KCB
Mr Thomas Nathanial Hone

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire

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

Mr Thomas Frost
Mr Robert Rees MBE
Mrs Diane Hill OBE
Mrs Emma Corfield MBE
Mr Philip John Vickery MBE
Air Marshal Sir David Walker KCVO OBE

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Royal County of Berkshire

James Puxley, Lord Lieutenant of Royal County of Berkshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Royal County of Berkshire.

Mr Anthony West DL

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Canon Ian Davenport to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon Roger Hill.

New Lord Lieutenant for Devon

Mr David Fursdon DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Devon succeeding Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE KStJ who retires on the 17 April 2015.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Belfast

Fionnuala Jay-O’Boyle CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Belfast has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Belfast.

Professor Martin Eugene Joseph Bradley OBE FRCN
Mr Nicholas William Niel Price
Mr Mukesh Sharma