New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Dr Emma Ineson to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Rupert Charkham to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household.

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Surrey

Michael More-Molyneux, Lord-Lieutenant for Surrey has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Surrey.

Mr C.W. Biddell DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Londonderry

Dr Angela Garvey, Lord-Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the County Borough of Londonderry.

Mrs Helen Quigley
Dr Lucinda Watt

New King of Arms of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Lieutenant General Sir Robert Henry Gervase Fulton KBE King of Arms of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in succession to Admiral Sir Peter Charles Abbott GBE KCB who has passed away.

New Usher of the Blue Rod

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius DCMG CBE Lady Usher of the Blue Rod of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George in succession to Sir Anthony St John Howard Figgis KCVO CMG who has retired.

New Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Bristol

Mary Prior MBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Bristol has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the City of Bristol.

Mrs Margaret Louise Cameron
Mrs Susan Joan Davies BEM
Mr Roger Gordon Opie

New Vice Lord Lieutenant of Caithness

Margaret Dunnett, Lord-Lieutenant for Caithness has appointed the following person to the position of Vice Lord Lieutenant of Caithness.

Mr Paul Cariss DL

New Deputy Lieutenants of the Western Isles

Alexander Matheson CVO OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Western Isles has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of the Western Isles.

Mr Alasdair Maceachen
Mrs Katie Ann Mackinnon

New Privy Councillors of the United Kingdom

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

Sir Ronald Weatherup
Sir Reginald Weir

New Lord Lieutenant for Dumfries

Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor of MacGregor DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Dumfries succeeding Mrs Jean Tulloch CVO who retired on the 19th January 2016.

New Deputy Lieutenants of City of Edinburgh

Councillor Donald Wilson, Lord Provost of City of Edinburgh has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of City of Edinburgh.

Dame Susan Bruce DBE
Mr Val Tudball MBE
Mr Edward M Green

New Falkland Pursuivant Extraordinary

Dr Joseph Morrow QC DL, Lord Lyon King of Arms has appointed Sheriff George Alexander Way to be Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary for the next five years.

New Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary

Dr Joseph Morrow QC DL, Lord Lyon King of Arms has appointed Mr John Boyd Stirling to be Linlithgow Pursuivant Extraordinary for the next five years.

New Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms

Dr Joseph Morrow QC DL, Lord Lyon King of Arms has appointed Mr Liam Devil to be Unicorn Pursuivant of Arms replacing Mr Reginald John Malden who is retiring.

New Lord Lieutenant for Gwent

Brigadier Robert Aitken CBE DL has been appointed by the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Gwent succeeding Sir Simon Boyle KCVO who retires on the 23rd March 2016.

New Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone

Robert Scott OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of County Tyrone has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of County Tyrone.

Mr David Iain Frazer

New Deputy Lieutenants of County Down

David Lindsay, Lord-Lieutenant of County Down has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of County Down.

Mrs Amanda Claire Brownlow
Mrs Catherine June Champion
Dr Robert Alexander Logan
Mr Michael Desmond Watt

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 John Haddon Lovett

It’s a girl for Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Frederick Windsor

On the 16th of January 2016 Lady Windsor gave birth to a baby Girl weighing 6lb and 7 ounces.

The baby’s name is Isabella Alexandra May Windsor she is currently 48th in line to the throne of Britain and the Commonwealth realms.