CVO for The Queen’s Diary Secretary

Mrs Helen Andrea Louise Cross LVO, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as The Queen’s Diary Secretary.

CVO for the Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty

Mrs Janet Margaret Bowen, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lord-Lieutenant of Ross and Cromarty.

CVO for Lady in Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy

Mrs Meriel Rose Afia LVO, has been appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) for her service as Lady in Waiting to HRH Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy.

KCVO for Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight

Major General Martin White CB CBE has been appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord-Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight.

KCVO for Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross

Brigadier Melville Stewart Jameson CBE has been appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.

GCVO for Receiver-General at Westminster Abbey

Sir Stephen Mark Jeffrey Lamport KCVO has been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service as Receiver-General at Westminster Abbey.

Two New Companions of Honour

Two new members of the Order of Companions of Honour (CH) have been announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours they are as follows:

Professor Richard Henderson For services to Electron Microscopy of Biological Molecules
Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa DBE For services to Music

New Knight of the Order of the Thistle

As part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for 2018, Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Sir Ian Wood GBE a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT).

The Order of the Thistle is the highest honour in Scotland and was founded in 1687.

Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018

The Queen’s Birthday honours list 2018 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as

Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (KT)

Sir Ian Wood GBE

Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)

Professor Richard Henderson
Dame Kiri Jeanette Te Kanawa DBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)

Mr Kenneth Dalglish MBE
The Hon. Bernard Jenkin MP
Mr Jim Ratcliffe
Mr Mark Rowley QPM
Professor Simon Schama CBE

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Professor Mary Beard OBE
Ms Louise Ellman, MP
The Rt Hon. Eleanor Laing MP
Ms Emma Thompson

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Ms Kate Adie OBE
Mr Bamber Gascoigne
Mr Tom Hardy
Ms Jo Malone MBE
The Hon. Hannah Rothschild

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Mr Jermain Defoe
Mr Monty Don
Mr Anthony Joshua
Ms Keira Knightley
Ms Lizzy Yarnold

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

The Earl of Portland (Timothy Bentinck)
Ms Niomi McLean-Daley (Ms Dynamite)
Miss Stacey Dooley
Mr William Fox-Pitt
Ms Lucy Worsley

New Deputy Lieutenants of Tweeddale

Professor Sir Hew Strachan, Lord-Lieutenant of Tweeddale has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Tweeddale.

Mr Adrian Lucas
Brigadier Bruce W. O. Russell MBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Londonderry

Mrs Alison Millar, Lord-Lieutenant of County Londonderry has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Londonderry.

Lady Girvan

New Lord Lieutenant for County Londonderry

Mrs Alison Millar DL has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for County Londonderry succeeding Sir Denis Desmond KCVO CBE who retired on the 11th December 2018.

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 Rt Hon. Baroness Chakrabarti CBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset

Mrs Anne Maw, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset.

Mr Thomas William Mayberry MBE

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Nairn

George Russell Asher, Lord Lieutenant of Nairn has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Nairn.

Mr Peter Scott Gordon DL

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset

Mrs Annie Maw, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset.

Brigadier David Hugh Godsal MBE DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Devon

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

Mrs Clare Broom
Mr Jim French CBE
Mrs Mary Quicke MBE
Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Ridgway KBE CB

Her Majesty The Queen confers New Titles on HRH Prince Henry of Wales

Her Majesty The Queen has confer a Dukedom, Earldom and Barony on HRH Prince Henry of Wales. His titles are Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales will now be styled as His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex.

When Ms Meghan Markle marries His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex she will become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex.

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire

Dame Ingrid Mary Roscoe DCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Yorkshire.

Sir Gary Verity
Mrs Elizabeth Victoria Reynolds JP
Mr Colin Blair MBE
Mrs Wahida Shaffi

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

Lady Susan Haughey CBE DL, Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.

Mr Gavin Whitefield DL