New Deputy Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire

Sir John Peace, Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Nottinghamshire.

Mr Michael John Burrows
Dame Elizabeth Fradd DBE
Mr Mark Peter Goldby
Ms Susan Mary Gorham
Mr Mohinder ‘Peter’ Singh Johal
Mr Edwin Maxwell MBE
His Honour Judge Michael George Thomas Stokes QC
Mr Robin Keith Wilson

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater Manchester

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

Mr Stephen Michael Lowe FCIB
Mr David McGovern

New Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire

Carol Kinghorn, Lord-Lieutenant of Kincardineshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Kincardineshire.

Mr Henry Boswell Irvine-Fortescue

Honorary GCVO for Outgoing Commonwealth Secretary-General

His Excellency Mr Kamalesh Sharma has been appointed Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service as Commonwealth Secretary-General.

Queen Appoints New Page of Honour

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Thomas Hallé as her Page of Honour in succession to Hugo Bertie.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Canon John Taylor to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in succession to the Reverend Canon Richard Cooper.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland

The Duchess of Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant for Northumberland has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland.

Mrs Jennifer Bryony Gibson DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London

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

Dr Tariq Abbasi MBE
Dr Mustafa Abu-Lisan
Sir William Atkinson
Commander John Herriman RNR
Mr Michael Messinger LVO QPM
Mrs Bushra Nasir CBE
Dame Catherine Fiona Woolf DBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Hertfordshire

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

Mrs Marion Denise Brown MBE
Mr Ian William Pigott
Dame Joyce Evelyn Plotnikoff DBE
Dr Amjad Hussain Shah
Mr Richard Woolfson
Mr Akhtar Zaman

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 Alun Cairns MP

New Deputy Lieutenant of Devon

David Fursdon, Lord-Lieutenant of Devon has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Devon.

Mrs Mary King MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Borough of Belfast

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

Mrs Michele Marken OBE

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2016/17

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2016/2017 with the exception of Cornwall, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire who are appointed by the Dukes of Cornwall and Lancaster.

England

For the County of Bedfordshire
2016/2017: Mr Charles Edward Samuel Whitbread

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2016/2017: Mrs Victoria Jane Fishburn

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2016/2017: The Honourable Mrs Camilla Rose Soames

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2016/2017: Sir Thomas David Guy Arculus

For the County of Cheshire
2016/2017: Mrs Kathrine Helen Cowell OBE

For the City of Bristol
2016/2017: Ms Helen Mary Wilde

For the County of Cumbria
2016/2017: The Reverend (Group Captain) Thomas Richard Lee (RAF rtd)

For the County of Derbyshire
2016/2017: Mrs Elizabeth Jane Fothergill CBE

For the County of Devon
2016/2017: Mrs Angela Mary Gilbert

For the County of Dorset
2016/2017: Sir Robert Philip Nathaniel Williams Bt

For the County of Durham
2016/2017: Mr Gerard Charles Joseph Salvin

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2016/2017: Mr Thomas Gordon Martin

For the County of East Sussex
2016/2017: Mr Michael Jabez Foster

For the County of Essex
2016/2017: Mrs Lorna Jane Rolfe

For the County of Gloucestershire
2016/2017: The Right Honourable The Countess Bathurst

For Greater London
2016/2017: Sir Nigel Knowles

For the County of Hampshire
2016/2017: Mr Thomas Henry Floyd

For the County of Herefordshire
2016/2017: Mr William James Jackson

For the County of Hertfordshire

2016/2017: Mr Stelio Haralambos Stefanou OBE

For the County of Isle of Wight
2016/2017: Mr Robin Vandeleur Courage MBE

For the County of Kent
2016/2017: Mrs Kathrin Fiona Smallwood

For the County of Leicestershire
2016/2017: Mr Surinder Sharma

For the County of Lincolnshire
2016/2017: Mrs Jill Gabriel Anne Mary Hughes

For the County of Norfolk
2016/2017: Major General Sir William George Cubitt KCVO CBE

For the County of Northamptonshire
2016/2017: Mrs Caroline Cordelia Brocklehurst

For the County of Northumberland
2016/2017: Mr William Browne-Swinburne

For the County of North Yorkshire
2016/2017: Mr John Wilson Furness

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2016/2017: Mrs Judith Lynn Naake

For the County of Oxfordshire
2016/2017: Mrs Sarah Jane Taylor

For the County of Rutland
2016/2017: Dr Sarah Haddon Furness

For the County of Shropshire
2016/2017: Mrs Christine Mary Holmes

For the County of Somerset
2016/2017: Mr Edward Bayntun-Coward

For the County of South Yorkshire
2016/2017: Dr Julie MacDonald

For the County of Staffordshire
2016/2017: Colonel David Lennox Leigh TD

For the County of Suffolk
2016/2017: Mr William Bruce Kendall

For the County of Surrey
2016/2017: Mr Richard Gordon Whittington

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2016/2017: Mr John Dennis Mowbray OBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2016/2017: Mr Richard Markham D’Aguilar Samuda

For the County of West Midlands
2016/2017: Dr Keith Bradshaw

For the County of West Sussex
2016/2017: Mr David Mark Spofforth OBE

For the County of West Yorkshire
2016/2017: Mr Christopher John Brown

For the County of Wiltshire
2016/2017: Mr David Kim Hempleman-Adams LVO OBE

For the County of Worcestershire
2016/2017: Sir Nicholas Anthony Hungerford Lechmere Bt

Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2016/2017: Mr James Peter O’Toole

For the County of Dyfed
2016/2017: Professor Medwin Hughes

For the County of Gwent
2016/2017: Mr Anthony John Clay

For the County of Gwynedd
2016/2017: Mr Peter Harlech Jones

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2016/2017: Mr Gwynfryn John George

For the County of Powys
2016/2017: Mrs Ann Tudor

For the County of South Glamorgan
2016/2017: Professor John David Williams OBE

For the County of West Glamorgan
2016/2017: Professor Donna May Mead OBE

High Sheriffs for 2016/17 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.

Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2016/2017: Mr John Morris Barnett MBE DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2016/2017: Lady Joy Smith DL

For the County of Merseyside
2016/2017: Mr James Christopher Meredith Davies OBE DL

New Constable of the Tower of London

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed General Sir Nicholas Houghton GCB CBE ADC (Gen) to the office of Constable of the Tower of London in succession to General the Lord Dannatt GCB CBE MC DL who retires on the 31st July 2016.

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.

Sir Nicholas Hamblen

High Sheriff for 2016/17 in the Duchy of Cornwall

The Prince of Wales in his position as Duke of Cornwall has appointed the following High Sheriff within the Duchy of Cornwall.

Duchy of Cornwall

For the County of Cornwall
2016/2017: Mrs Jane Margaret Hartley

New Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian

Major Michael Williams MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of East Lothian.

Ms Pauline Jaffray BEM
Mr Roderick M Urquhart

New Deputy Lieutenants of South Yorkshire

Andrew Coombe, Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of South Yorkshire.

The Very Reverend Peter Edward Bradley
Mr John Steven Cowling
Colonel George Kilburn MBE
Miss Stella McHugh
Mrs Janet Wheatley

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