KCVO for Former Major General Commanding the Household Division

Major General Christopher John Ghika CBE was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) for his service as Major General Commanding the Household Division.

GCVO for Former Dean of Windsor

The Right Reverend David John Conner KCVO has been appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) for his service as Dean of The King’s Free Chapel of St George at Windsor Castle, Domestic Chaplain, and Register of the Order of the Garter.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland

The Duchess of Northumberland, Lord-Lieutenant of Northumberland has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland.

Mr Keith Green

New Deputy Lieutenants of Essex

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

Mrs Clare Dobie
Professor Timothy Edward Gocher OBE
The Reverend Canon Janet Elizabeth Nicholls
Mr Timothy Robert Stokes

New Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire

Elizabeth Fothergill CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Derbyshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Derbyshire.

Professor Paula Jane Holt MBE
Dr Amarjit Raju OBE

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.

The Reverend Canon Terence Kevin Declan Graham

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.

Ms Cynthia Lynn Hughes
Mr David Charles Osborne
Mr Richard John Lofthouse Swart

New Deputy Lieutenant of Powys

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

Mrs Eldrydd Jane Lamp BVSc MRCVS

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire

Mrs Julie Spence OBE CStJ QPM, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.

Brigadier Tim Seal TD ADC DL VR

King's Birthday Honour List 2023 appointments to the Royal Victorian Order

His Majesty has appointed or promoted the following within the Royal Victorian Order as part of the King's Birthday Honour List 2023.


Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)

Mr Nicholas Vincent John Barrett
Mr Paul Christian Bell
Mr Satyajit Bhattacharya LVO
The Rt Hon. The Baron Boateng DL
Mr Alan John Farthing
Dr Angela Josepha Garvey
Ms Sarah Elizabeth Healey CB
Mr Robert Walter Hunter
Mr John Guy Elmhirst Monson
Sir John Wilfred Peace
Mr Andrew Jonathan Smith
Ms Tracy Annette Watkins LVO
Mr Garth John Weston

Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)

Ms Joanne Butcher MVO
Ms Caroline Louise Creer MVO
Colonel Peter Robert Cowley Flach MBE
Ms Gemma Catherine Teresa Kaza MVO
Ms Belinda Margaret Georgiana Kim
Mr Matthew Magee
Mr Timothy Peter Maynard
Ms Linda Susan Savides MVO
Ms Claudia Catherine Spens MVO
Commander Anne Gillian Sullivan MVO RN
Mr Mark Ian Tentori
Ms Susan Elizabeth Theobald MVO

Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)

Mr Timothy John Connery
Ms Sharon Jennifer Ann Gislingham
Mr William John Graham
Ms Anna Margaret Greenleaf
Ms Ruth Hately
Mr Darren Terence Haynes
Ms Natalie Elise Hegarty
Mr Timothy Charles Hewitt
Ms Janice Annette Hook
Ms Laura Louise King
Mr Simon King
Ms Elaine Olive MacLean

Ms Emily Charlotte Louise Martin
Ms Jo-Anne Louise Mead
Ms Sally Ann O’Neill
Ms Shila Patel
Mr Iain Petrie
Mr Julian Charles Phillips
Ms Joanne Sarah Purcell
Ms Anna Maria Rischitelli
Ms Jennifer Helen Wideson
Ms Sophia Katharine Wills
Ms Paula Wilson
Mr Andrew John Wright
Mr Paul Leddington Wright

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

Mr Peter Thomas Charles Clayton RVM
Mr Huw Gordon Jones RVM
Mr Nicholas Simon Matthews RVM
Mr Robert James McGee RVM
Mr Gordon Raymond John Robinson RVM

Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) (RVM)

Mr Stuart Neil Crossan
Mr Terry Alan Humphries
Mr Brian Francis Lees
Ms Stella June McLaren
Mr Stephen John Shand
Ms Anne Theresa Stevens
Ms Estrellita Mateo Talbot
Ms Carol Margaret Leslie Turpie
Mr Peter Whyte

King's Birthday Honours List 2023

On the 16th June 2023, The King’s Birthday Honours List 2023 was 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 John Irving Bell GBE FRS FREng 

Mr Ian Russell McEwan CBE 

Dame Anna Wintour DBE 

Knight Bachelor (Sir)

Mr Martin Louis Amis

The Rt Hon. Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw MP

The Hon. William Hartley Hume Shawcross CVO

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

Ms Jacqueline Marie Baillie

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

Mr John Charles Baron MP

Mr Robert John Blackman MP

Mr William Benedict Hamilton-Dalrymple

Ms Sarah Alice Hunter MBE

Mr Vincent Thomas Keaveny

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

Mr Damian Collins MP

Ms Lucy Mary Elizabeth Crowe

The Countess of Halifax

Ms Heather Kay Wheeler MP

Ms Caron Wheeler

Mr Ian Edward Wright MBE

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

Ms Eniola Aluko

Ms Davina Lucy Pascale McCall

Ms Vicky Lee McClure

The Honourable Kit Moon William Lascelles (Born 4th June 2023)

On the 4th June 2023, Viscountess Lascelles gave birth to The Honourable Kit Moon William Lascelles. This is Viscount and Viscountess Lascelles second child. Kit is second in line to the family titles: the Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles, Baron Harewood. Kit is also currently 64th in line to the throne of Britain and the Commonwealth realms.

The Queen appointed to the Order of the Thistle

On the 16th of June 2023, Her Majesty The Queen was appointed an Extra Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (LT).

The Queen appointed to the Order of New Zealand

On the 5th June 2023, Her Majesty The Queen was made an additional member of the Order of New Zealand (ONZ). For her services to New Zealand.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex

Mr Andrew Blackman, Lord-Lieutenant of East Sussex appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of East Sussex.

Mr Graham Peters DL

New Aide-de-Camp to the King

His Majesty the King has appointed Air Marshal to Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton KCB to be Chief of the Air Staff and Aide-de-Camp to his household in succession to Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston KCB CBE ADC.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk

Alan Simpson OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of Stirling and Falkirk.

Mrs Baljit Kaur Dhillon

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire

Professor Dame Hilary Chapman DBE, Lord-Lieutenant of South Yorkshire appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire.

Mr Anthony P Pedder OBE DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire

James Saunders Watson, Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire.

Air Vice Marshal Luck CB MBE MA DPhil CCMI FRSA
Mr John Brownhill BEM
Ms Miranda Wixon

Master Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank (Born 30th May 2023)

On the 30th May 2023, Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie, Mrs Brooksbank gave birth to a baby boy weighing 7lb 1oz.

This is Her Royal Highnesses and Mr Jack Brooksbank second child, as well as the third grandchild for HRH The Duke of York and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York.

The baby has been named Ernest George Ronnie Brooksbank, his middle name George is in honour of his 3x Great-Grandfather King George V and his paternal Grandfather George Brooksbank. His middle Ronnie is in honour of his Great-Grandfather Ronald Ivor Ferguson.

Ernest is currently 13th in line to the throne of Britain and the Commonwealth realms.