DCVO for Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside

Dame Lorna Elizabeth Fox Muirhead DBE, has been appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) for her service as Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside.

DCVO for the CEO of The Prince’s Trust

Mrs Martina Jane Milburn CBE, has been appointed Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (DCVO) for her service as CEO of The Prince’s Trust.

Six New Companions of Honour

Six new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the New Year’s Honours they are as follows:

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CBE for services to Sport.

Sir Richard Charles Hastings Eyre CBE, for services to Drama.

Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie DBE, for services to Music.

Sir Alec John Jeffreys, for services to Medical Research and Society.

The Rt Hon. Baroness Warnock DBE, for services to charity and Children with Special Educational Needs.

The Rt Hon. Baroness Williams of Crosby, for services to political and public life.

New Year’s Honours 2017

The New Year’s honours list has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:

CH:

Sir Roger Bannister CBE
Sir Richard Eyre CBE
Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE
Baroness Shirley Williams

Knighthood:

Mr Julian Brazier TD MP
Mr David Crausby MP
Mr Ray Davies CBE
Mr Ken Dodd OBE
Mr Mo Farah CBE
Mr Don McCullin CBE
Mr Andy Murray OBE
Mr Lee Pearson CBE
Mr Mark Rylance
Mr Bryn Terfel CBE
The Rt Hon. Steve Webb

DBE:

Ms Vera Baird QC
Mrs Jessica Ennis-Hill CBE
Dr Katherine Grainger CBE
Mrs Patricia Routledge CBE
Ms Anna Wintour OBE

CBE:

Mr Peter Brookes
Ms Sophie Christiansen OBE
Ms Charlotte Dujardin OBE
Mr Jason Kenny OBE
Mrs Laura Kenny OBE
Mr Sasha Kindred OBE
Mr Tim Reddish OBE
Mrs Angela Rippon OBE
Mr Nick Skelton OBE

OBE:

Miss Nicola Adams MBE
Miss Katie Archibald
Mrs Victoria Beckham
Mr Chris Coleman
Mr Jody Cundy MBE
Miss Naomie Harris
Ms Helen McCrory
Mr Tim Piggott-Smith

MBE:

Mr Michael O'Neill
Mr Adam Peaty
Mr Max Whitlock

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2017.

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 Diane Abbott MP
Mr Richard Benyon MP
Ms Emily Thornberry MP

New Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian

Sir Robert Maxwell Clerk Bt OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Midlothian has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Midlothian.

Mr Ian Gardner

New Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire

Rear Admiral Michael Gregory OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Dunbartonshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire.

Mr Ian Dickson BEM DL LLB

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Glamorgan

D. Byron Lewis, Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Glamorgan.

Mr Kenneth Robert Sawyers
Mr Robert Hywel Parker Williams

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.

Ms Tamsin Sczerina Clive
Ms Susan Jennifer Furnival
Mr Patrick Maxwell Philip Wrixon
Colonel Andy Taylor OBE

RVM for Resident Warden at Windsor

Her Majesty the Queen has awarded Mrs Georgina Mary Jean Tindal the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) for her service as Resident Warden for the Pensioner Accommodation at Windsor.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire

Lt Col Patrick Holcroft LVO OBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Worcestershire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.

The Honourable Lady Morrison DL

Queen Appoints New Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO GCStJ GCL CD to the position of Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for 2017.

Princess Anne will be the Queen’s personal representative within the Church of Scotland. As the Lord High Commissioner, Princess Anne will carry out the opening and closing addresses at the General Assembly.

New Lord Lieutenant for Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

His Grace The Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE FRSE DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale succeeding Captain The Honourable Gerald Maitland-Carew CVO who retires on the 28th December 2016.

New Lord Lieutenant for the Western Isles

Mr Donald Martin DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for the Western Isles succeeding Mr Alexander Matheson CVO OBE JP who retired on the 16th November 2016.

Zara Tindall is expecting her second baby

The Queen’s granddaughter Mrs Zara Tindall MBE and her husband Mr Mike Tindall MBE have announced expecting their second child in the spring of 2017.

Buckingham Palace has said Her Majesty and the rest of the royal family are delighted with the news.

The baby will be Her Majesty the Queen’s and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh’s sixth great-grandchild.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Suffolk

Clare, Countess of Euston, Lord-Lieutenant of Suffolk commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Suffolk.

Mrs Claire Hamilton Horsley
Mrs Gulshanbir Kaur Kayembe
Mr Stephen Philip Miles
Mr Mark Pendlington
Ms Kirsten Elisabet Rausing
Mrs Judith Veronica Shallow

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.

The Hon. Sir Launcelot Dinadan James Henderson

Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2017, 2018 and 2019

On the 12th of November 2016 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2017, 2018 and 2019 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

2017/2018: Mr Vinod Bhagwandas Tailor
2018/2019: Mr Arthur Julian George Polhill
2019/2020: Mrs Cora Meryl Dolling

For the Royal County of Berkshire

2017/2018: Mrs Sarah Patricia Scrope
2018/2019: Mr Graham Eric Barker
2019/2020: Mrs Lucy Violet Zeal

For the County of Buckinghamshire

2017/2018: Mr Peter Bhupatsing Kara
2018/2019: Professor Ruth Sarah Farwell CBE
2019/2020: Mrs Julia Anne Upton

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2017/2018: Mr Richard Francis Antony Pemberton
2018/2019: Dr Andrew Charles Harter
2019/2020: His Honour Neil Alastair McKittrick

For the County of Cheshire

2017/2018: Mrs Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett
2018/2019: Mrs Alexis Jane Redmond MBE
2019/2020: Mr Mark Steven Mitchell

For the City of Bristol

2017/2018: Mr Anthony Roger Ernest Brown
2018/2019: Mr Roger Gordon Opie
2019/2020: Mr Charles John Calcraft Wyld

For the County of Cumbria

2017/2018: Mr Alistair George Milne Wannop
2018/2019: Mr Simon Frederick Michael Berry
2019/2020: Ms Marcia Elaine Reid Fotheringham

For the County of Derbyshire

2017/2018: Mrs Anne Hazel Hall
2018/2019: Mrs Lucy Belinda Palmer
2019/2020: William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington

For the County of Devon

2017/2018: Mrs Heleen Vanda Mary Willson Lindsay-Fynn
2018/2019: Mrs Grania Tiffany Phillips
2019/2020: Captain Simon Charles Martin LVO OBE RN

For the County of Dorset

2017/2018: Mr Simon John Young MC
2018/2019: Mrs Jacqueline Anne Swift
2019/2020: Mr Philip Henry Warr

For the County of Durham

2017/2018: Mrs Caroline Patricia Peacock
2018/2019: Dr Stephen Michael Cronin
2019/2020: Mr Peter Haswell Candler

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire

2017/2018: Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Drewry
2018/2019: Mrs Deborah Jane Rosenberg
2019/2020: Mr Martin Charles Sheridan Hall

For the County of East Sussex

2017/2018: Mrs Maureen Jane Chowen
2018/2019: Major General John David Moore-Bick CBE
2019/2020: Mrs Violet Ltubica Hancock

For the County of Essex
2017/2018: Mr Simon Andrew Dalton Hall MBE
2018/2019: Mr Bryan Robert Hardy Burrough
2019/2020: Dr Francis James Archibald Bettley

For the County of Gloucestershire

2017/2018: Lieutenant Colonel Andrew James Tabor
2018/2019: Mr Charles Martell
2019/2020: Mr Robert Charles Grantley Berkeley

For Greater London

2017/2018: Mr William James Furber
2018/2019: Mr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer
2019/2020: Mr Iqbal Wahhab OBE

For the County of Hampshire

2017/2018: The Hon. Mrs Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott
2018/2019: Mr Mark Edward Thistlethwayte
2019/2020: Mrs Catherine Sarah Le May

For the County of Herefordshire

2017/2018: The Reverend Lady Lisvane
2018/2019: Mr Thomas Nathaniel Hone
2019/2020: Mr James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathhurst CBE

For the County of Hertfordshire

2017/2018: Mr William Arthur Hobhouse
2018/2019: Mrs Suzana Rose Harvey
2019/2020: Mrs Sarah Margaret Beazley

For the County of Isle of Wight

2017/2018: Mr Benedict Malcolm Anthony Sebastian Rouse
2018/2019: Dr Nicholas John England
2019/2020: Mr Geoffrey Paul Underwood

For the County of Kent

2017/2018: Mr George Elphinstone Jessel
2018/2019: Mrs Susan Jane Ashton
2019/2020: Mr Paul Jonathan Barrett

For the County of Leicestershire

2017/2018: Mr Timothy Paul Maxted
2018/2019: Mrs Diana Thompson, Branston
2019/2020: Mr Timothy Rowland Hercock

For the County of Lincolnshire

2017/2018: Mr Andrew Simon Clark
2018/2019: Mr Ian Harrup Walter
2019/2020: Mr Robert William Day

For the County of Norfolk
2017/2018: Mr Alfred James Stephen Bagge
2018/2019: Mr Charles Jonathon Watt
2019/2020: Lady Agnew, East Somerton

For the County of Northamptonshire

2017/2018: Mr Rupert Patrick Fordham
2018/2019: Mr James Saunders Watson
2019/2020: Mr Nicholas Antony Norman Stuart Robertson

For the County of Northumberland

2017/2018: Mr John Robert Dickinson
2018/2019: Mr Michael William Orde
2019/2020: The Lady Joicey

For the County of North Yorkshire

2017/2018: Mr Simon Murrough Wrightson
2018/2019: Mr Christopher John Charles Legard
2019/2020: Mrs Linda Lee Fenwick

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2017/2018: Colonel David Rupert Sneath TD
2018/2019: Mr Nicholas Richard Brian Ebbs
2019/2020: His Honour Jonathan James Teare

For the County of Oxfordshire

2017/2018: Miss Jane Elizabeth Cranston
2018/2019: Richard Venables Esq
2019/2020: Lady Jay of Ewelme CBE

For the County of Rutland

2017/2018: Mr Craig Lancelot Mitchell
2018/2019: Mrs Margaret Susan Jarron
2019/2020: Mrs Margaret Allan Miles

For the County of Shropshire

2017/2018: Mr Charles Edward Lillis
2018/2019: Mr Rhoderick Martin Swire
2019/2020: Mr Jeremy John Dixey

For the County of Somerset

2017/2018: Mr Richard Saladin Hickmet
2018/2019: Mr Denis Andrew Southerden Burn
2019/2020: Mr Jonathan Alexander Newton Halliday

For the County of South Yorkshire

2017/2018: Mr David Grey MBE
2018/2019: Mr Stephen Ingram
2019/2020: Mr Barry Reginald Eldred

For the County of Staffordshire

2017/2018: Mr Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff
2018/2019: Mrs Philippa Jane Gee
2019/2020: Mr Ashley Edward Brough

For the County of Suffolk

2017/2018: Mr Geoffrey Thomas Carwardine Probert
2018/2019: Mr George Moubray William Vestey
2019/2020: Mrs Rosalind Thrale Eminson

For the County of Surrey

2017/2018: Mr Robert Stewart Napier CBE
2018/2019: Mr Nicholas James Shore Wood-Dow
2019/2020: Mr William James Glover

For the County of Tyne and Wear

2017/2018: Lieutenant General Robin Vaughan Brims (Rtd) CB CBE DSO
2018/2019: Mr Paul Michael Callaghan CBE
2019/2020: Mrs Catherine Lorna Moran OBE

For the County of Warwickshire

2017/2018: Mark Edward Trehearne Davies
2018/2019: Mrs Clare Anna Insull Sawdon
2019/2020: Simon James Victor Miesegaes

For the County of West Midlands

2017/2018: Mr John Lewis Hudson OBE
2018/2019: Mr Christopher Thomas Loughran
2019/2020: Mr Michael Kuo

For the County of West Sussex
2017/2018: The Lady Emma Lavinia Barnard
2018/2019: Mrs Caroline Nicholls
2019/2020: Mrs Davina Irwin-Clark

For the County of West Yorkshire

2017/2018: Dr Terence George Bramall CBE
2018/2019: Mr Charles Richard Jackson MBE
2019/2020: Mr Paul David Lawrence

For the County of Wiltshire

2017/2018: The Lady Marland
2018/2019: Mrs Nicola Alberry
2019/2020: Mr David Bedingfeld Scott

For the County of Worcestershire

2017/2018: Mr Stephen Alexander Betts
2018/2019: Mr Cassian Blaise Luke Lechmere Roberts
2019/2020: Mr Edward Walter Pope Holloway

Wales

For the County of Clwyd

2017/2018: Mrs Charlotte Henrietta Gaylyn Howard
2018/2019: Lady Hanmer
2019/2020: Mrs Stephanie Lynne Catherall

For the County of Dyfed

2017/2018: Mrs Susan Carol Balsom
2018/2019: Mr Stephen Mansel Davies
2019/2020: Mrs Anne Helena Jane Lewis

For the County of Gwent

2017/2018: Mr John Kevin Lynn Thomas
2018/2019: Mrs Sharon Evelyn Lesley Linnard
2019/2020: Mrs Claire Elizabeth Clancy

For the County of Gwynedd

2017/2018: Professor Sian Hope OBE
2018/2019: Mrs Kathryn Kerena Griffiths Ellis
2019/2020: Mrs Susan Moules Jones

For the County of Mid Glamorgan

2017/2018: Mr David John Davies
2018/2019: Mr Jonathan Hugh Wall
2019/2020: Colonel Wilma Christina Jean Donnelly (Rtd) CBE TD

For the County of Powys
2017/2018: Mrs Susan Elizabeth Thompson
2018/2019: Mr David Rowland Price
2019/2020: Mr David Lloyd Peate

For the County of South Glamorgan

2017/2018: Mr Gilbert Campbell Lloyd
2018/2019: Mr Brian Charles Lakin
2019/2020: Dr Isabel Mary Graham

For the County of West Glamorgan

2017/2018: Mrs Roberta Louise Fleet
2018/2019: Mr Henry Michael Gilbert
2019/2020: Ms Sally Ruth Goldstone

New Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

Dr Ingrid M Roscoe BA PhD FSA, Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire.

Mr Kevin Arthur Sharp