New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Mr Gavin Laurence Barwell MP
Mr Melvyn John Stride MP

New Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Reverend Alastair Symington to be an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend George Cowie to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland, in succession to the Reverend Alastair Symington.

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 Gary Robert Hickinbottom

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Venerable Elizabeth Adekunle to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Deputy Priest in Ordinary to The Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Prebendary Jonathan Osborne to be a Deputy Priest in Ordinary to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

The Queen’s Birthday 2018

Buckingham Palace has announced The Queen’s Official Birthday in 2018 will be on Saturday the 9th of June 2018.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland

Dr Monica Main, Lord-Lieutenant for Sutherland has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Sutherland.

Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Edward Gilmour MBE DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of County Durham

Mrs Sue Snowdon, Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of County Durham.

Mrs Andrea Hayley Flynn
Mrs Susan Robertson
Mr Michael Barton QPM

New Aide-de-Camp to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Air Vice-Marshal Lord BeaverBrook Aide-de-Camp to her household.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire

Guy Clark, Lord-Lieutenant of the Renfrewshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Renfrewshire.

Ms Fiona Maxwell

Royal Tours of 2017

Here are the upcoming royal tours abroad for members of the British Royal family for the months of April and May. These are all the overseas tours announced as of the 2nd April.

3rd April 2017 - 4th / 5th April 2017

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will visit the Republic of Ghana.

5th April 2017 – 7th April 2017

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal will visit the Republic of Sierra Leone

7th April 2017 – 9th April 2017

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester in her role as Honorary President of the Lawn Tennis Association will attend the Davis Cup in Rouen, France.

2nd May 2017

Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex in her role as Royal Colonel of the 5th Battalion of The Rifles will visit them while they are deployed in Estonia as part of a Nato mission.

11th May 2017

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge will take part in the commemorations of the Treaty of London in Luxembourg.

New Exon of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel Jonathan Schute to be Exon of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the promotion of Major Christopher Cox to the position of Ensign of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

New Ensign of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major Christopher Cox to be Ensign of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the promotion of Major Henry Robertson to the position of Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

New Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Major Henry Robertson to be Clerk of the Cheque and Adjutant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the promotion of Colonel Michael Kingscote to the position of Lieutenant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.

New Lieutenant of the Queen’s Body Guard

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Colonel Michael Kingscote to be Lieutenant of The Queen's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard following the retirement of Brigadier David Innes OBE.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Gloucestershire

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

Ms Eve Jardine-Young
Mr Mark Hurrell
Ms Vivienne Hargreaves
Mr Roger Ernest Deeks
Mr Oliver Christie

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Mr Tobias Ellwood MP
Mr Ben Wallace MP

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown

Mr John Alexander Ross CBE, Lord-Lieutenant for Wigtown has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wigtown.

The Rt Hon. The Earl of Stair DL

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2017/18

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2017/2018 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

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2017/2018: Mrs Sarah Patricia Scrope

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2017/2018: Mr Peter Bhupatsing Kara

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2017/2018: Mr Richard Francis Antony Pemberton

For the County of Cheshire
2017/2018: Mrs Sarah Alexandra Mary Callander Beckett

For the City of Bristol
2017/2018: Mr Anthony Roger Ernest Brown

For the County of Cumbria
2017/2018: Mr Alistair George Milne Wannop

For the County of Derbyshire
2017/2018: Mrs Anne Hazel Hall

For the County of Devon
2017/2018: Mrs Heleen Vanda Mary Willson Lindsay-Fynn

For the County of Dorset
2017/2018: Mr Simon John Young MC

For the County of Durham
2017/2018: Mrs Caroline Patricia Peacock

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2017/2018: Mrs Gillian Elizabeth Drewry

For the County of East Sussex
2017/2018: Mrs Maureen Jane Chowen

For the County of Essex
2017/2018: Mr Simon Andrew Dalton Hall MBE

For the County of Gloucestershire
2017/2018: Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew James Tabor

For Greater London
2017/2018: Mr William James Furber

For the County of Hampshire
2017/2018: The Honourable Mrs Mary Rachel Montagu-Scott

For the County of Herefordshire
2017/2018: The Reverend Lady Lisvane

For the County of Hertfordshire

2017/2018: Mr William Arthur Hobhouse

For the County of Isle of Wight
2017/2018: Mr Benedict Malcolm Anthony Sebastian Rouse

For the County of Kent
2017/2018: Mr George Elphinstone Jessel

For the County of Leicestershire
2017/2018: Mr Timothy Paul Maxted

For the County of Lincolnshire
2017/2018: Mr Andrew Simon Clark

For the County of Norfolk
2017/2018: Mr Alfred James Stephen Bagge

For the County of Northamptonshire
2017/2018: Mr Rupert Patrick Fordham

For the County of Northumberland
2017/2018: Mr John Robert Dickinson

For the County of North Yorkshire
2017/2018: Mr Simon Murrough Wrightson

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2017/2018: Colonel David Rupert Sneath TD

For the County of Oxfordshire
2017/2018: Miss Jane Elizabeth Cranston

For the County of Rutland
2017/2018: Mr Craig Lancelot Mitchell

For the County of Shropshire
2017/2018: Mr Charles Edward Lillis

For the County of Somerset
2017/2018: Mr Richard Saladin Hickmet

For the County of South Yorkshire
2017/2018: Mr Stephen Ingram

For the County of Staffordshire
2017/2018: Mr Humphrey David Sneyd Scott-Moncrieff

For the County of Suffolk
2017/2018: Mr Geoffrey Thomas Carwardine Probert

For the County of Surrey
2017/2018: Mr Robert Stewart Napier CBE

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2017/2018: Lieutenant General Robin Vaughan Brims (Rtd) CB CBE DSO

For the County of Warwickshire
2017/2018: Mr Mark Edward Trehearne Davies

For the County of West Midlands
2017/2018: Mr John Lewis Hudson OBE

For the County of West Sussex
2017/2018: The Lady Emma Lavinia Barnard

For the County of West Yorkshire
2017/2018: Dr Terence George Bramall CBE

For the County of Wiltshire
2017/2018: The Lady Marland

For the County of Worcestershire
2017/2018: Mr Stephen Alexander Betts


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2017/2018: Mrs Charlotte Henrietta Gaylyn Howard

For the County of Dyfed
2017/2018: Mrs Susan Carol Balsom

For the County of Gwent
2017/2018: Mr John Kevin Lynn Thomas

For the County of Gwynedd
2017/2018: Professor Sian Hope OBE

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2017/2018: Mr David John Davies

For the County of Powys
2017/2018: Mrs Susan Elizabeth Thompson

For the County of South Glamorgan
2017/2018: Mr Gilbert Campbell Lloyd

For the County of West Glamorgan
2017/2018: Mrs Roberta Louise Fleet