New Lord Lieutenant for Leicestershire

Mr Arvind Michael Kapur OBE DL has been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to become Lord Lieutenant for Leicestershire succeeding Lady Gretton DVCO who retires on the 14th June 2018.

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 Very Reverend Dr Francis Paul Sellar

New Deputy Lieutenant of City of Edinburgh

Councillor Frank Ross, Lord Provost of the Edinburgh has commissioned the following person to become a Deputy Lieutenant of City of Edinburgh.

Mrs Mary Elaine Aitken

New Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands

John Crabtree OBE, Lord-Lieutenant of West Midlands commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of West Midlands.

Mr Mick Laverty
Mr Martin Levermore MBE
Mrs Fleur Sexton
Dr Abdullahi Shehu
Mrs Julia Willoughby

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.

Miss Amanda Fiona Charlotte Blackmore
Mr Noel Lamb
Mrs Sara Caroline Paget McCorkell

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 Peter Coulson
Mr Robert Goodwill MP
Sir George Andrew Midsomer Leggatt
Mr Kevan Jones MP

The Prince of Cambridge’s name has been announced

Kensington Palace has announced the name of the Royal baby as His Royal Highness Prince Louis Arthur Charles of Cambridge.

It’s a Boy for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

Yesterday HRH The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby boy at 11:01am GMT weighing 8lb 7oz at the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in London. The Duke of Cambridge was at the birth. Both mother and baby are doing well.

Royal gun salutes around the country will be fired in honour of the Royal birth today. The bells of Westminster Abbey are also to be rung today at 1pm GMT in honour of the royal birth.

Two New Members of the Order of the Garter

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed two new members of the The Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG/LG) they are as follows:

Dame Mary Fagan DCVO
Viscount Brookeborough

New Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk

Richard Jewson JP, Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk has commissioned the following people to become Deputy Lieutenants of Norfolk.

Mrs Cecilia Back
Mrs Alexandra Bartram
Mr Thomas Courtauld
Major General Sir William Cubitt KCVO CBE
Mr David Goddard
Mrs Caroline Jarrold
Mrs Mary Rudd
Dr Andrew Wood OBE

New Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Reverend James Gibson to be an Extra Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland.

New Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen in Scotland

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed the Reverend Elizabeth Henderson to be a Chaplain to Her Majesty within the Royal Ecclesiastical Household in Scotland, in succession to the Reverend James Gibson.

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.

Mr Albert Pattison
Professor Jane Margaret Turner

New Aide-de-Camp of Army Reserve to the Queen

Her Majesty the Queen has appointed Brigadier S. R. Goldstein MBE VR to the position of Aide-de-Camp of the Army Reserve to her Royal Household in succession to Brigadier J. P. Mooney QVRM TD VR.

New Private Secretary to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has announced Mr Simon Case will become Private Secretary within His Royal Highness’s Household in July, succeeding Mr Miguel Nunes Head LVO who is stepping down.

Mr Simon Case currently works for the British Civil Service and will be leaving the Civil Service in order to assume his royal appointment.

New Deputy Lieutenants of Northamptonshire

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

Professor Simon Gregory
Mr Dominic Hopkins
Mr Inamullah Khan
Mr Stuart Richmond-Watson
Mrs Susanne Van Rooyen

New Deputy Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry

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

Mr Gavin Joseph Killeen

High Sheriffs for 2018/19 in the Duchy of Lancaster

Her Majesty the Queen acting in her capacity as Duke of Lancaster has appointed the following people to the position of High Sheriff within the Duchy of Lancaster.


Duchy of Lancaster

For the County of Lancashire
2018/2019: Mr. Anthony John William Attard OBE DL

For the County of Greater Manchester
2018/2019: Dr Robina Shahnaz Shah MBE JP DL

For the County of Merseyside
2018/2019: Mr Peter David Martin Woods DL

High Sheriffs of England and Wales for 2018/19

The following people have been appointed High Sheriff for the Counties of England and Wales for 2018/2019 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
2018/2019: Mr Arthur Julian George Polhill

For the Royal County of Berkshire
2018/2019: Mr Graham Eric Barker

For the County of Buckinghamshire
2018/2019: Professor Ruth Sarah Farwell CBE

For the County of Cambridgeshire
2018/2019: Dr Andrew Charles Harter CBE

For the County of Cheshire
2018/2019: Mrs Alexis Jane Redmond MBE

For the City of Bristol
2018/2019: Mr Roger Gordon Opie

For the County of Cumbria
2018/2019: Mr Simon Frederick Michael Berry

For the County of Derbyshire
2018/2019: Mrs Lucy Belinda Palmer

For the County of Devon
2018/2019: Mrs Grania Tiffany Phillips

For the County of Dorset
2018/2019: Mrs Jacqueline Anne Swift

For the County of Durham
2018/2019: Dr Stephen Michael Cronin

For the County of East Riding of Yorkshire
2018/2019: Mrs Deborah Jane Rosenberg

For the County of East Sussex
2018/2019: Major General John David Moore-Bick CBE

For the County of Essex
2018/2019: Mr Bryan Robert Hardy Burrough

For the County of Gloucestershire
2018/2019: Mr Charles Martell

For Greater London
2018/2019: Mr Charles Alexander Evan Spicer

For the County of Hampshire
2018/2019: Mr Mark Edward Thistlethwayte

For the County of Herefordshire
2018/2019: Mr Thomas Nathaniel Hone

For the County of Hertfordshire
2018/2019: Mrs Suzana Rose Harvey

For the County of Isle of Wight
2018/2019: Mrs Gioia Maria Minghella-Giddens

For the County of Kent
2018/2019: Mrs Susan Jane Ashton

For the County of Leicestershire
2017/2018: Mrs Diana Thompson

For the County of Lincolnshire
2018/2019: Mr Ian Harrup Walter

For the County of Norfolk
2018/2019: Mr Charles Jonathon Watt

For the County of Northamptonshire
2018/2019: Mr James Michael Ross Saunders Watson

For the County of Northumberland
2018/2019: Mr Michael William Orde

For the County of North Yorkshire
2018/2019: Mr Christopher John Charles Legard

For the County of Nottinghamshire
2018/2019: Mr Nicholas Richard Brian Ebbs

For the County of Oxfordshire
2018/2019: Mr Richard Venables

For the County of Rutland
2018/2019: Mrs Margaret Susan Jarron

For the County of Shropshire
2018/2019: Mr Rhoderick Martin Swire

For the County of Somerset
2018/2019: Mr Denis Andrew Southerden Burn

For the County of South Yorkshire
2018/2019: Mr Barry Reginald Eldred

For the County of Staffordshire
2018/2019: Mrs Philippa Jane Gee

For the County of Suffolk
2018/2019: Mr George Moubray William Vestey

For the County of Surrey
2018/2019: Mr William James Glover

For the County of Tyne and Wear
2018/2019: Mr Paul Michael Callaghan CBE

For the County of Warwickshire
2018/2019: Mrs Clare Anna Insull Sawdon

For the County of West Midlands
2018/2019: Mr Christopher Thomas Loughran

For the County of West Sussex
2018/2019: Mrs Caroline Nicholls

For the County of West Yorkshire
2018/2019: Mr Charles Richard Jackson MBE

For the County of Wiltshire
2018/2019: Mrs Nicola Alberry

For the County of Worcestershire
2018/2019: Mr Cassian Blaise Luke Lechmere Roberts


Wales

For the County of Clwyd
2018/2019: Lady Hanmer

For the County of Dyfed
2018/2019: Mr Stephen Mansel Edward Davies

For the County of Gwent
2018/2019: Mrs Sharon Evelyn Lesley Linnard

For the County of Gwynedd
2018/2019: Mrs Kathryn Kerena Griffiths Ellis

For the County of Mid Glamorgan
2018/2019: Mr Jonathan Hugh Wall

For the County of Powys
2018/2019: Mr David Rowland Price

For the County of South Glamorgan
2018/2019: Mr Brian Charles Lakin

For the County of West Glamorgan
2018/2019: Mr Henry Michael Gilbert

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 Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally DBE