New Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Oxfordshire

On the 30th January 2012, Mr Tim Stevenson OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Oxfordshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Oxfordshire.

Rev Canon Glyn Peter Evans

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Lancashire

On the 27th of January 2012, The Rt Hon Lord Shuttleworth KCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Lancashire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Lancashire.

Bill Beaumont Esq CBE

David Edward Cam Esq

Mrs Carole Pamela Cochrane

Mrs Diane Duke

Kamruddin Kothia Esq

Mr Robert Mitchel Webb

New Vice Lord and Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Cumbria

On the 26th of January 2012, Sir James Cropper KCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Cumbria appointed The Rt Hon Lord Inglewood Vice Lord-Lieutenant and commissioned John William Green Esq MBE to become a Deputy Lieutenant.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Cambridgeshire

On the 25th January 2012, Hugh Duberly Esq CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Cambridgeshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Cambridgeshire.

Professor Sir Leszek K Borysiewicz

Timothy H Breitmeyer Esq

Mr Thomas M C Green

Mrs Margaret M P Mair

New Vice Lord Lieutenant for the County of Somerset

On the 20th of January 2012, Lady Gass, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset appointed Mr David John Medlock Esq DL Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset.

New Vice Lord and Deputy Lieutenants for the County of Gwent

On the 18th of January 2012, Simon Boyle, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Gwent appointed Commodore Tobin David Elliott OBE RN DL Vice Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Gwent and commissioned Mr David Wyndham Morgan and Brigadier Robert Hanbury Tenison Aitken CBE to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Gwent.

New Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire

On the 18th of January 2012, Dame Mary Fagan DCVO, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire.

Mr Peter Maxwell Herman Andreae Esq

New Life Peer

On the 10th of January 2012, Sir Augustine Thomas O’Donnell GCB former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service was elevated to the title of Baron O’Donnell of Clapham in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Under the Life Peerage Act 1958 and will sit in the House of Lords as a Crossbencher.

New Members of the Order of Merit

On the 1st of January 2012, Her Majesty the Queen appointed the following people members of the Order of Merit.
Mr David Hockney CH RA
Mr John Howard AC SSI

New Years Honours 2012

On the 31st of December 2011, the New Year honours list was announced honouring more than a thousand people across the commonwealth realms. Including well known people such as Dickie Bird, Helena Bonham-Carter, Darren Clarke, Ronnie Corbett, Alex Crawford, Stuart Hall, Lorraine Kelly, Nigel Mansell, Rory Mcilroy, Christopher Paterson, Sarah Stevenson and Martyn Williams.

Happy Holidays

 I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in 2012.

Royal Tours for 2012

On the 14th of December 2011, Buckingham Palace announced the following royal overseas visits for 2012.

The Prince of Wales will be visiting the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will be visiting Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea 

The Duke of York will be visiting India

The Earl and Countess of Wessex will be visiting Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Gibraltar, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago

The Princess Royal will be visiting Mozambique and Zambia

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be visiting Malaysia, Singapore, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu

Prince Harry of Wales will be visiting Belize, Jamaica and The Bahamas

The Duke of Gloucester will be visiting the British Virgin Islands and Malta

The Duke of Kent will be visiting the Falkland Islands and Uganda

New Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire

On the 13th of December 2011, Mr Martin Dunne, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Warwickshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Warwickshire.
Mr Andrew Charles Firth
Mrs Joseph Greenwell
Mr David Jeremy Owen
Lady Susan Mary Saunders
Mrs Anna March Trye

New Member of the United Kingdom Privy Council

On the 9th of December 2011, Her Majesty the Queen approved the following person member of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy Council.
Jonathan Sumption QC

New Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire

On the 1st of December 2011, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher Bt JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
Mr Roger Jefcoate CBE

New Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale

On the 1st of December 2011, Captain The Hon. Gerald Maitland-Carew, Lord-Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
Richard Scott, Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry KBE

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Herefordshire

On the 1st of December 2011, The Countess of Darnley, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Herefordshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Herefordshire.
Mrs Joanna Hilditch
Mr Robert Simon Dyke Tabor
Mrs Helen Maureen Thomas

A Royal Olympics

On the 1st of December 2011, The British Olympic Association appointed The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry ambassadors of the British Olympic and Paralympics Teams for London 2012.

New Lord-Lieutenant for Wiltshire

On the 28th of November 2011, Sarah Troughton was appointed by the Queen to become Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire when Mr John Bush Esq. OBE CStJ JP retires on the 5th of February 2012.

New Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire

On the 10th of November 2011, Mr William Tucker, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire commissioned the following to become Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Derbyshire.
Miss Susan Elaine Welch MVO