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2017 Special Honours
As part of the British honours system, Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative, operational honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours. Lord Lieutenant * John Rawcliffe Airey Crabtree, - to be Lord-Lieutenant of and in the County of West Midlands. – 3 January 2017 * Chief Constable Julie Spence, - to be Lord-Lieutenant of and in the County of Cambridgeshire. – 5 April 2017 * Lois Patricia Golding, - to be Lord-Lieutenant of and in the County and City of Bristol. – 27 April 2017 * Jennifer Tolhurst, - to be Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. – 22 June 2017 * Robert Voss, - to be Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Hertfordshire. – 4 August 2017 * The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Thurso, - to be Lord Lieutenant of Caithness. – 17 August 2017 * Moira Niven, - to be Lord Lieutenant of West Lothian – 17 August 2017 * Iona Sara McDonald - to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Honours System
In the United Kingdom and the British Overseas Territories, personal bravery, achievement, or service are rewarded with honours. The honours system consists of three types of award: *Honours are used to recognise merit in terms of achievement and service; *Decorations tend to be used to recognise specific deeds; *Medals are used to recognise service on a particular operation or in a specific theatre, long or valuable service, and good conduct. Appointments to the various orders and awards of other honours are usually published in ''The London Gazette''. Brief history Although the Anglo-Saxon monarchs are known to have rewarded their loyal subjects with rings and other symbols of favour, it was the Normans who introduced knighthoods as part of their feudal government. The first English order of chivalry, the Order of the Garter, was created in 1348 by Edward III. Since then, the system has evolved to address the changing need to recognise other forms of service to the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Houghton
General John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton, Baron Houghton of Richmond, ( ; born 18 October 1954) is a retired senior British Army officer and former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) of the British Armed Forces. He was appointed CDS in July 2013, following the retirement of General Sir David Richards. He served as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, the Green Howards in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and later became Commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland. He deployed as Senior British Military Representative and Deputy Commanding General, Multi-National Force – Iraq during the Iraq War. Later, he became Chief of Joint Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters and served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff until assuming the position of CDS. Houghton retired from the British Army in July 2016, and was succeeded as CDS by Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach. Early life Houghton was born on 18 October 1954 in Otley near Leeds and is the son of Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Knowles (judge)
Sir Julian Bernard Knowles (born 26 January 1969) is a British High Court judge. Educational and early life Knowles was born in Manchester and lived in Wythenshawe council estate. He was educated at comprehensives St John Plessington High School and Xaverian College. He studied at Balliol College, Oxford and completed a BA in mathematics in 1990. At Oxford he was offered a place to complete a DPhil in mathematics, but decided to pursue law after volunteering as a paralegal to help death row inmates in Oklahoma. Career He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1994. At the bar, he specialised in criminal law and public law and practised from Matrix Chambers. He successfully represented the appellant in ''R v Jogee'' at the UK Supreme Court. He also appeared in the Pinochet extradition case and ''R v Huhne''. In addition to practice, he was co-author of ''Nicholls, Montgomery, Knowles: The Law of Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance'' in 2002 which was taken into a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Goose
Sir Julian Nicholas Goose (born 26 July 1961) is a British High Court judge. Goose was educated at Birkdale School and Silverdale School. He completed an LLB at the University of Leeds. He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1984. He served as a recorder from 1998 to 2013 and took silk in 2002. He has head of chambers at Zenith Chambers from 2004 to 2013. He served as a senior circuit judge and resident judge at Sheffield Combined Court Centre from 2013 to 2017; he was honorary recorder of Sheffield for the same period. In 2010, he was appointed to sit as a deputy High Court judge. He was appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales to the Sentencing Council in 2014 and served until 2020. On 2 October 2017, he was appointed a High Court judge and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division. He took the customary knighthood in the same year. From January 2022, he has been the Presiding Judge A chief judge (also known as presiding judge, president judge or p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Cohen (judge)
Sir Jonathan Lionel Cohen (born 8 May 1951) is a retired British barrister and High Court judge (Family Division). Life Cohen is the son of the barrister the Hon Leonard Harold Lionel Cohen, OBE (1922-2007) and grandson of High Court judge Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen. Educated at Eton and the University of Kent, Cohen was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1974 and took silk In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel ( post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer (usually a barrister or ... in 1997. He was appointed a Justice of the High Court and knighted in 2017. Cohen retired in May 2021. Arms Notes 1951 births Living people British Jews People educated at Eton College Alumni of the University of Kent Members of Lincoln's Inn Knights Bachelor British barristers 21st-century English judges Family Division judges { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury
Sir Akhlaq Ur-Rahman Choudhury ( bn, আখালেক উর-রহমান চৌধুরী; born 23 April 1967) is a British High Court judge of England and Wales. In 2017, he was made Knight Bachelor on appointment, becoming the first British-Bangladeshi and Muslim to be appointed to the High Court of Justice. Early life Choudhury was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England to a Bengali Muslim family. When he was four years old, his family moved to Scotland where he grew up in Bishopbriggs on the outskirts of Glasgow. Choudhury's Sylheti parents had migrated to the United Kingdom before the Bangladesh Liberation War from Zakiganj, Sylhet District, in erstwhile East Pakistan. In the UK, Choudhury's father ran a restaurant business. Choudhury attended Balmuildy Primary and then Bishopbriggs High School for five years. In 1988, he graduated from University of Glasgow with a BSc degree in physics. In 1991, he graduated from School of Oriental and African Studies, University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Bryan (judge)
Sir Simon James Bryan (born 23 November 1965) is a British High Court judge. Education and early life He was educated at Arnold School. He attended Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduated with a double first-class BA degree on the law Tripos in 1987 and earned several academic prizes. Career He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1988 with a Denning's Scholarship. He was a supervisor in law at Magdalene College from 1988 to 1989. He practised commercial law from Essex Court Chambers, where he also completed his pupillage, specialising in shipping, oil and gas litigation, insurance and reinsurance disputes and civil fraud. In addition to practice, he has been editor of the ''Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation'' since 2008. In 2006, he became a Queen's Counsel (took Silk) and from 2009 to 2017 he served as a Recorder of the Crown Court. He was a Deputy High Court Judge from 2013 to 2017 and served aChief Justice of the Falkland Islands South Georgia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Syms
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Penning
Sir Michael Alan Penning (born 28 September 1957) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemel Hempstead since 2005. Penning was the Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 2016 to 2017, having previously served as the Minister of State for Justice and Minister of State for Policing from 2014 to 2016, the Minister for Disabled People from 2013 to 2014, the Minister of State for Northern Ireland from 2012 to 2013, and the Minister of State for Transport from 2010 to 2012. He remains in the House of Commons as a backbencher. Early life and career Penning was born in Finchley, North London, and raised in the neighbouring county of Essex. He went to Appleton School, South Benfleet, before attending King Edmund School in Rochford. He enlisted in the British Army as a Grenadier Guardsman after leaving school, and served several tours in Northern Ireland, Kenya and Germany. During his time in the Grenadiers, an officer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Smith (judge)
Sir Marcus Alexander Smith (born 1 July 1967) is a British High Court judge. Personal life and education Smith was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, completing a BA in 1988 and a BCL in 1990. He also attended the University of Munich. In 1998, he married Louise Merrett, with whom he has one son and one daughter. Career He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1991 and practised commercial and regulatory law from Fountain Court Chambers, where he also completed his pupillage. From 1991 to 1994, he was a lecturer in law at Balliol. In addition to practice, he wrote two textbooks: ''Private International Law of Reinsurance and Insurance'' with Raymond Cox QC and Louise Merrett (2006) and ''The Law of Assignment'' with Nico Leslie (2007, 3rd edition 2018). He was a part-time Chair of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2009 and was appointed King's Counsel in 2010. High Court appointment On 12 January 2017, he was appointed as a High Court judge and assigned to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Bachelor
The title of Knight Bachelor is the basic rank granted to a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not inducted as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the rank existed during the 13th-century reign of King Henry III), but Knights Bachelor rank below knights of chivalric orders. A man who is knighted is formally addressed as "Sir irst Name urname or "Sir irst Name and his wife as "Lady urname. Criteria Knighthood is usually conferred for public service; amongst its recipients are all male judges of His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England. It is possible to be a Knight Bachelor and a junior member of an order of chivalry without being a knight of that order; this situation has become rather common, especially among those recognized for achievements in entertainment. For instance, Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Derek Jacobi, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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