New Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire

Marjorie Neasham Glasgow BEM, Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

Mr Philip Sharman

New Deputy Lieutenants of Dyfed

Sara Edwards, Lord-Lieutenant of Dyfed has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Dyfed.

Mrs Ann Jones
Dr Chris Martin

New Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran

Iona S McDonald OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran.

Mr James Alexander Hair

New Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire

Lady Haughey CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Lanarkshire.

Mr Alastair Peat

New Deputy Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross

Gordon Kenneth Stephen Leckie, Lord-Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Perth and Kinross.

Jennifer Erskine

New Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire

James Dick OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Mr Andrew Nigel Horncastle MBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of Essex

Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, Lord-Lieutenant of Essex has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Essex.

Mr Duncan Allen Clark
Mrs Alix Elizabeth Mason
Professor Jules Nicholas Pretty OBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute

Jane MacLeod, Lord-Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Argyll & Bute.

Dr Allison M Davies

New Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire

Marjorie Neasham Glasgow BEM, Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

Mr James Justin MacNamara

New Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall

Colonel Edward Bolitho OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Cornwall commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Cornwall.

Air Commodore John Bessell
Mrs Coralie Green
Mrs Fiona Hargreaves
Mr Mark Thomas CVO

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset

Mr Mohammed Saddiq, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord Lieutenant of Somerset.

Mr Edward James Allen Esq DL

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire

Sarah Troughton DStJ, Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire has commissioned the following person to become Vice Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.

Lieutenant General Sir Andrew Richard Gregory KBE CB DL

New Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry

Mr Ian Crowe MBE DL has been appointed by His Majesty the King to become Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry succeeding Dr Angela Garvey who retired in March 2022.

New Year Honour List 2023 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

Her Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the New Year Honour List 2023.

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO)

Sir Nicholas Hickman Ponsonby Bacon Bt OBE DL

Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Ms Eleanor Arran MBE DL
Mr David Mark Bevan
The Honourable Virginia Carington LVO
Professor Justin Peter Cobb
Mr Jonathan Rupert Crow KC
Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Marion Dessau AC
Mr Paul Robert Edgar Double LVO
Mr Adrian Anthony Joseph Evans LVO
Ms Margaret Eleanor Hammond LVO
Ms Claire Theresa Hensman
Mr Donald Martin
Her Honour the Honourable Vicki Susan O’Halloran AO
Mr Bruno Mark Peek LVO OBE
Ms Claire Louise Popplewell
Mr James Henry Lavallin Puxley
Mr John Holmes Stephen
Mr Bernard John Taylor CBE DL
Mr David Mark Thomas
Mr Michael Lindo Charles Webster
Mr James Piran Williams DL

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Mr David Charles Curtis MVO
Dr Alasdair John Emslie
Mr William James Furber
Ms Barbara Ann Gray QPM
Mr Christopher Michael Gregory MVO
Ms Siân Elizabeth Joseph
Ms Ceri Jane Ellen King
Mr Jason Matthew Knauf
Ms Sara Matthews Latham
Colonel Crispin Alexander Lockhart MBE
Ms Rosanna Manuela Machado
Ms Amanda Felicity Mackenzie OBE
Colonel Michael John Miller
Dr James Anthony O’Donnell
Mr Robert John Pooley MBE
Mr Louis William Edward Randall
Mr Stephen John Martin Sheasby MVO
Mr Peter John Stewart MVO
Mr Rustom Tata MVO
Mr Peter Laurence Taylor
Mr Mark Walenty Wasilewski MVO
The Reverend Canon Paul Stephen Wright

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Mr Adesola Monsuru Adelekan
Mr Dale Bone
Ms Lindsey Jane Brummitt
Mr James Chih Kin Chin
Ms Carey Elizabeth Chung
Mr Charles Fraser Craven
Ms Katherine Elizabeth Eaton
Ms Kathryn Elizabeth Gillham
Ms Celia Helen Guy
Mr Simon David Hammett
Ms Catriona Innes
Ms Julia Margaret Knight
Ms Emma Rose Mager
Mr Alun Thomas Mainwaring
Ms Katharine Owen
Ms Michelle Poole
Mr Mark Anthony Randall
Ms Cathy Lynne Bursey-Sabourin
Ms Zoë Alexandra Ware
Ms Fiona Ann Wilson
Mr David Zolkwer

Honorary Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Ms Katrin Richardt

Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr David Gerald Hutchins RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Andrew Alloway
Mr Jonathan David Brown
Mr Wayne David Coupland
Mr Michael Devlin
Mr Christopher James Drewitt
Ms Dawn Patricia Murphy
Mr William Tuffs
Mr Peter James Wilson

Honorary Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Krzysztof Janusz Nowak

High Sheriffs of Northern Ireland for 2023/2024

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of Northern Ireland for 2023/2024.

Northern Ireland

For County Antrim

2023/2024: Mr Peter Thomas Watts Mackie DL

For County Armagh

2023/2024: Mr Gary Myles Dickson

For County Down

2023/2024: Professor William Michael Mawhinney MBE TD

For County Fermanagh

2023/2024: Ms Noelle Mary McAlinden

For County Londonderry

2023/2024: Mr Peter Arnold Wilson BEM

For County Tyrone

2023/2024: Mrs Helen Irene Anderson

For County Borough of Belfast

2023/2024: Councillor Samuel John Kyle

For County Borough of Londonderry

2023/2024: Mrs Angela Norma Mary Thompson MBE OStJ

New Year’s Honours 2023

The New Year’s honours list 2023 has been announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as:


Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH)
Professor Sir Michael Marmot
Dame Mary Quant DBE

Knight Bachelor (Sir)
Mr Christopher Bryant MP
The Rt Hon. Dr Julian Lewis MP
Dr Brian May CBE
Mr Grayson Perry CBE

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE)
Ms Denise Lewis OBE

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Mr Pat Jennings

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Ms Anne Diamond
Mr Stephen Graham
Mr David Harewood
Ms YolanDa Brown
Mr David Sutherland
Ms Leah Williamson

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Ms Kim Little
Mr Frank Skinner
Ms Rachel Riley
Ms Janet Kay
Ms Beth Mead
Ms Lucy Bronze
Ms Ellen White
Ms Lizzie Deignan
Ms Gail Redmond
Mr Chris Kamara

Nominations for High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2023, 2024 and 2025

On the 12th of November 2022 the following people were nominated as High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2023, 2024 and 2025 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
2023/2024: Mr Russell Alan Beard
2024/2025: Mr Bhavesh Shah
2025/2026: Mrs Camilla Anne King

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2023/2024: Mr Simon Huntly Muir
2024/2025: Mr Alexander Barfield
2025/2026: Mr Sean Zain Taylor

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2023/2024: Dr Ann Geraldine Limb CBE
2024/2025: Ms Kurshida Begum Mirza
2025/2026: Mrs Philippa Jane Kirkbride

For the County of Cambridgeshire

2023/2024: Dr Bharatkumar Narshidas Khetani
2024/2025: Mr David John Way
2025/2026: The Hon. Frances Stanley

For the County of Cheshire
2023/2024: Mr Dennis Dunn MBE
2024/2025: Ms Clare Elizabeth Hayward MBE
2025/2026: Mr William James Timpson OBE

For the City of Bristol
2023/2024: Miss Sharon Rosemarie Foster
2024/2025: The Rev Richard Norman Pendlebury MBE
2025/2026: Mrs Kalpna Kumari Woolf

For the County of Cumbria
2023/2024: Mrs Samantha Scott
2024/2025: Mr Christopher Nigel Couper Holmes
2025/2026: Dr Geoffrey Charles Jolliffe

For the County of Derbyshire
2023/2024: Miss Theresa Peltier
2024/2025: Mr Richard Ian Morgan OBE
2025/2026: Sir Richard FitzHerbert Bt

For the County of Devon
2023/2024: The Rt Rev Nicholas Howard Paul McKinnel
2024/2025: Commodore John Keith Moores OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Caroline Anne Harlow

For the County of Dorset
2023/2024: Mr Colin William George Weston MBE
2024/2025: Mr Anthony William Woodhouse
2025/2026: Mr Callum Bremner

For the County of Durham
2023/2024: Mrs Anne Elizabeth Elliott
2024/2025: Mr Harry Macklyn Swan
2025/2026: Mr John Michael Poole

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mr Michael Rice
2024/2025: Miss Christina Cerutti
2025/2026: Mr Christopher Ewart Blacksell

For the County of East Sussex
2023/2024: Mr Edward Richard Bickersteth
2024/2025: Mrs Lucinda Anne Fraser
2025/2026: Mrs Anne Doria Brown

For the County of Essex
2023/2024: Mr Charles Richard Maurice Bishop
2024/2025: Mr David Trevelyan Hurst
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Ann Fosh

For the County of Gloucestershire
2023/2024: Mr Henry Claude Winwood Robinson
2024/2025: Mr Clive Oscar Lewis OBE
2025/2026: Mr Mark Hurrell

For Greater London
2023/2024: Mrs Ina De
2024/2025: Ms Millicent Grant KC (Hon)
2025/2026: Mr John Garbutt

For the County of Hampshire
2023/2024: Mrs Amelia Sophie Ashton
2024/2025: Mr Jonathan Charles Whitaker
2025/2026: Mrs Susan Philippa Elton

For the County of Herefordshire
2023/2024: Mr Robert Charles Christian Robinson
2024/2025: Mrs Patricia Beatrice Churchward
2025/2026: Mrs Helen Clare Bowden

For the County of Hertfordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Green
2024/2025: Mrs Anne Patricia Brewster
2025/2026: Mr Nicholas Fowell Buxton

For the County of Isle of Wight
2023/2024: Mrs Dawn Kirsten Haig-Thomas
2024/2025: Mr Graham Robert Biss
2025/2026: Mr Anthony Michael Wake

For the County of Kent
2023/2024: Mrs Nadra Ahmed OBE
2024/2025: Dr Gillian Fargher
2025/2026: Mr Jonathan Beale Neame

For the County of Leicestershire
2023/2024: Mrs Henrietta Joscelyne Chubb
2024/2025: Mr John Henry Chatfeild-Roberts
2025/2026: Dr Nikesh Rasikial Kotecha OBE

For the County of Lincolnshire
2023/2024: Mr Richard James Lake OBE
2024/2025: Mr Philip Henry Marmion Dymoke
2025/2026: Mr David Christopher Chambers

For the County of Norfolk
2023/2024: Professor Krishna Kumar Sethia
2024/2025: Mr David James Flux
2025/2026: Mr Patrick Simon Lines

For the County of Northamptonshire
2023/2024: Mr Milan Naresh Shah
2024/2025: Mrs Amy Louise Crawfurd
2025/2026: Mrs Pinder Jit Chauhan-Birdi

For the County of Northumberland
2023/2024: Mrs Diana Mary Audrey Barkes
2024/2025: Mrs Lucia Mary Battista Bridgeman
2025/2026: Mr George Nelson Farr

For the County of North Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mrs Clare Deborah Granger
2024/2025: Dr Ruth Madeleine Smith
2025/2026: Sir Andrew Peter Lawson-Tancred Bt

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2023/2024: Mrs Veronica Moraa Pickering
2024/2025: Mr Nicholas David Rubins
2025/2026: Mr Edward John Attenborough

For the County of Oxfordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Sally Patricia Scott
2024/2025: Mr James Justin Macnamara
2025/2026: T.B.A.

For the County of Rutland
2023/2024: Mrs Geraldine Mary Ethel Feehally
2024/2025: Mr Richard Adrian Cole
2025/2026: Colonel (Rtd) Richard Thomas Chesterfield

For the County of Shropshire
2023/2024: Mrs Amanda Jillian Thorn MBE
2024/2025: Mr Brian Welti
2025/2026: Mrs Jane Marie Trowbridge

For the County of Somerset
2023/2024: Mr Robert Nicholas Foord Drewett
2024/2025: Mr Robert John Beckley QPM
2025/2026: Mrs Janet Montgomery

For the County of South Yorkshire
2023/2024: Professor Jaydip Ray
2024/2025: Mr John Baddeley
2025/2026: Ms Joada Celeste Allen

For the County of Staffordshire
2023/2024: Mrs Victoria Louise Hawley
2024/2025: Mrs Julia Mitchell
2025/2026: Mr John Timothy Joseph Gillow

For the County of Suffolk
2023/2024: Mr John Mark Pendlington
2024/2025: Mrs Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason OBE
2025/2026: Mrs Gulshanbir Kaur Kayembe

For the County of Surrey
2023/2024: Mr Timothy Andrew de Burgh Wates
2024/2025: Mr Shahid Azeem
2025/2026: Mr Peter Charles Cluff

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2023/2024: Dame Irene Lucas-Hays DBE
2024/2025: Dr Lindsey Janet Whiterod CBE
2025/2026: Ms Joanne Jane Curry MBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2023/2024: Mrs Sophie Elizabeth Hilleary
2024/2025: Mrs Rajvinder Kaur Gill
2025/2026: Mrs Karen Jane Lynch

For the County of West Midlands
2023/2024: Mr Wade Cleone Lyn CBE
2024/2025: Mr Douglas Robertson Wright
2025/2026: Dr Jane Louise Brooke-Smith OBE

For the County of West Sussex
2023/2024: Andrew Graham Bliss Esq. QPM
2024/2025: Mrs Philippa Mary Gogarty
2025/2026: Dr Timothy John Charles Fooks

For the County of West Yorkshire
2023/2024: Mr Zulfiqar Ali Karim
2024/2025: Mr Robert Anthony Cryan
2025/2026: Mrs Nicola Jane Chance-Thompson

For the County of Wiltshire
2023/2024: Mr Pradeep Bhardwaj
2024/2025: Dr Susan Olivia Chapple
2025/2026: Mr Martin John Nye

For the County of Worcestershire
2023/2024: Mrs Louise Caroline Hewett
2024/2025: Mr Charles William Moyle
2025/2026: Mr Ian James Crockatt Smith


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2023/2024: Mrs Kate Louise Hill-Trevor
2024/2025: Mrs Karen Ann Farrell-Thornley
2025/2026: Mrs Julie Annette Gillbanks

For the County of Dyfed
2023/2024: Mr Meurig David Raymond CBE
2024/2025: Mrs Helen Jones
2025/2026: Mrs Ann Margaret Jones

For the County of Gwent
2023/2024: Professor Simon John Gibson CBE
2024/2025: Her Honour Judge Helen Mifflin
2025/2026: Lt. Col. Ralph Radclyffe David Griffin

For the County of Gwynedd
2023/2024: Mrs Janet Phillips
2024/2025: Ms Sarah Jane Foskett
2025/2026: Mr Rhys Meirion Davies

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2023/2024: Professor Jean White CBE
2024/2025: Dr Richard John Penry Lewis MBE
2025/2026: Ms Sharon Iquo Dixon

For the County of Powys
2023/2024: Mr Reginald Cawthorne
2024/2025: Lady Kathryn Susan Silk
2025/2026: Mrs Sally Roberts

For the County of South Glamorgan
2023/2024: Mr David Rhys Hughes James
2024/2025: Mrs Janet Davies
2025/2026: Mrs Janey Elizabeth Howell

For the County of West Glamorgan
2023/2024: Mr Alan Brayley
2024/2025: Mrs Melanie Jane James
2025/2026: Mrs Diana Sara Stroia

New Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire

Mrs Beatrice Grant DL has been appointed by His Majesty the King to become Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire succeeding Colonel Patrick Holcroft CVO OBE who retires on the 17th March 2023.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Powys

Mrs Tia Jones, Lord-Lieutenant of Powys has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Powys.

Mr Charles William Ransford
Mr David Hugh Meyer OBE

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2023. Thank you for following and reading Royal News. May the coming year bring good fortune and health to you and your family.