GCB 1983 (KCB 1978; CB 1974); CVO 1975
Secretary of the Cabinet, 1979–87, and Head of the Home Civil Service, 1983–87 (Joint Head, 1981–83); director of companies
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Born 21 Sept. 1955; d of late Denis G. W. Atherton and of Pamela A. M. Osborne; m 2002, Broderick Ross; died 30 Oct. 2017...
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Kt 1992; CBE 1984
Born 6 March 1926; s of George Ronald Barclay and Josephine (née Lambert); m 1953, Elizabeth Mary, d of late Herbert H. S. Wright; one ...
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OBE 1974; QPM 1972
Born 29 April 1917; er d of late George L. Jennings, AMIGasE and Marion Jennings; m 1954, Rev. Justice Becke, MBE, TD, FCA (d 1990...
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KCVO 1979 (CVO 1975); MC 1945
Born 6 Oct. 1915; s of late Leonard Nicholson Blake and Nora Woodfall Blake (née Lapthorn); m 1st, 1940, Beatrice Grace Nellthorp (...
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DBE 1979
President, Family and Parenting Institute, since 2004 (Chairman, 1999–2004); a Judge of the High Court, Family Division, 1979–94
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Kt 1982; QC 1986
Born 13 March 1931; s of Stanley Borrie, Solicitor; m 1960, Dorene (d 2010), d of Herbert Toland, Toronto, Canada; no ...
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10th Bt cr 1757
Born 2 April 1936; s of Major Sir Rupert Howe Bromley, MC, 9th Bt, and Dorothy Vera (d 1982), d...
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Kt 1977; PC 1983
Born 30 March 1930; s of late Canon A. R. Browne-Wilkinson and Molly Browne-Wilkinson; m 1st, 1955, Ursula de Lacy Bacon (...
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4th Bt cr 1922, of Hammersmith
former Senior Partner in legal firm of Bull & Bull, then retired
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RN (retired); JP; DL
Born 22 Jan. 1927; s of 4th Baron Cottesloe, GBE and his 1st wife, Lady Elizabeth Harris (d 1983), o d...
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10th Bt cr 1697; GCVO 2001 (KCVO 1985; CVO 1974)
JP; late Major, Grenadier Guards; Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian, 1987–2001 (Vice-Lieutenant, 1973–87)
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CBE 1996
General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, 1986–97
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Born 24 June 1947; d of Arthur Dickson Wright and Molly Bath; died 15 March 2014
cook; TV presenter and countryside campaigner
Sacred Heart Convent, Hove; University Coll. London (LLB)...
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KCVO 1999
Born 24 July 1924; o s of 11th and 4th Baron Digby, KG, DSO, MC, and Hon. Pamela Bruce, OBE (d 1978), ...
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Born 16 Sept. 1965 m 1999, Paul Harkin (d 2013); one s ; died 31 Jan. 2017
Artistic Director, PAL Labs, since 2013; Director, Jerwood Charitable Foundation, 1998–2009...
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Born 27 Aug. 1939; s of 17th Earl of Eglinton and Winton and Ursula (d 1987), er d of Hon. Ronald Watson, Edinburgh; m...
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Born 31 Dec. 1923; s of Robert Alan Erskine-Murray (d 1939) and Eileen Mary (d 1970), d of late John Percy MacManus; m...
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OBE 1999
Born 4 Aug. 1937; s of late William Sandeman Farquhar and Annie Preston Young Farquhar; m; two d ; died 11 Sept. 2017
JP; DL; engineer...
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KCVO 2010; OBE 1995
Born 27 March 1935; s of Dr Hugo Miller and Elsie (née Duthie); adopted surname of Farquharson, 1961; m 1961, Alison Mary Farquharson of Finzean (...
