New Deputy Lieutenants of Perth and Kinross

Brigadier Melville Jameson CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Perth and Kinross.

Ms Susan Jardine Paterson
Ms Alexandra Cairncross
Mr George Fleming

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 William Desmond Lindesay
Mrs Karen Schuldt Usher

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright

Sir Walter Hugh Malcolm Ross GCVO OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Kirkcudbright has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright.

Alexander P McCulloch DL

Life Peerage for Managing Director of Waitrose

Mr Mark Ian Price CVO has been granted the title of Baron Price, of Sturminster Newton in the County of Dorset. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Conservative.

Prime Minister of Belize appointed to the Privy Council

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

Mr Dean Barrow

LVO for Queen’s Locksmith

David George Clark MVO has been appointed Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) for his service as Locksmith and Fitter to the Royal Household.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

Sarah Troughton, Lord-Lieutenant for Wiltshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.

Lieutenant-General Sir Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson KBE CB DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire

Tim Stevenson OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Oxfordshire.

Sir Anthony Baldry
Colonel (Retd.) Neil Sutherland OBE
Mr Richard Venables

Baby Boy for Crown Princess of Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a baby boy on the Wednesday 2 March at 08:28 pm at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Her husband Prince Daniel was at the birth.

King Carl XVI Gustaf announced to the Swedish cabinet that Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel have named their Son Oscar Carl Olof.

The baby prince will be styled His Royal Highness Prince Oscar Carl Olof of Sweden. King Carl XVI Gustaf has given his grandson the title Duke of Skåne. Prince Oscar is third in line to the Swedish throne.

MVO for Queen’s Surveyor

Mr Terence Joseph Lynch has been appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) for his service as Operations Surveyor for the London Palaces.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Dr Emma Ineson to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Rupert Charkham to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

Michael More-Molyneux, Lord-Lieutenant for Surrey has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.

Mr C.W. Biddell DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Londonderry

Dr Angela Garvey, Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Londonderry.

Mrs Helen Quigley
Dr Lucinda Watt

New King of Arms of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant General Sir Robert Henry Gervase Fulton KBE King of Arms of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in succession to Admiral Sir Peter Charles Abbott GBE KCB who has passed away.

New Usher of the Blue Rod

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius DCMG CBE Lady Usher of the Blue Rod of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in succession to Sir Anthony St John Howard Figgis KCVO CMG who has retired.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Bristol

Mary Prior MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Bristol has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Bristol.

Mrs Margaret Louise Cameron
Mrs Susan Joan Davies BEM
Mr Roger Gordon Opie

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Caithness

Margaret Dunnett, Lord-Lieutenant for Caithness has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Caithness.

Mr Paul Cariss DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of the Western Isles

Alexander Matheson CVO OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Western Isles has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the Western Isles.

Mr Alasdair Maceachen
Mrs Katie Ann Mackinnon

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Sir Ronald Weatherup
Sir Reginald Weir