Below is a list of Number 10 press notices going back to 27 June 2007 - these often relate to appointments or honours that are approved by The Queen on the advice of her Ministers.
You can find out more about the titles used in some of these press notices in our glossary.
The Queen has been pleased to approve that Sir Nicholas (John) Patten be sworn of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council on his appointment as a Lord Justice of Appeal.
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Canon Alan Peter Winton, BA, PhD, Team Rector of Welwyn in the diocese of St Albans, and honorary Canon pf St Albans Abbey to the Suffragan See of Thetford, in the Diocese of Norwich, in succession to the Right Reverend David John Atkinson, BSc, AKC, PhD, MLitt, MA, MSOSc, on his resignation on the 16th September 2009.
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Paul Roger Butler BA, Suffragan Bishop of Southampton, for election as Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham in succession to the Right Reverend George Henry Cassidy BSc, MPhil, who resigns in September 2009.
The Prime Minister has appointed William Day as the new Chair of the UK Sustainable Development Commission (SDC). Mr Day takes over from Jonathan Porritt on 27 July 2009 for a period of three years.
The Queen has been pleased to approve that the Earl of Dalhousie be appointed Lord Steward of Her Majesty’s Household in succession to The Duke of Abercorn KG.
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Venerable Alistair James Magowan, DipHE, MTh (Oxon), BSc, Archdeacon of Dorset and Canon and Prebendary of Sarum Cathedral in the diocese of Salisbury, to the Suffragan See of Ludlow, in the Diocese of Hereford, in succession to the Right Reverend Michael Wrenford Hooper, BA, on his resignation on the 30th June 2009.
The Queen has been pleased to approve the following appointments to the Privy Council.
The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Mark Crispin Rake Sowerby, BD, AKC, MA, Team Rector of St Wilfrid Harrogate, in the diocese of Ripon and Leeds, to the Suffragan See of Horsham, in the Diocese of Chichester, in succession to the Right Reverend Lindsay Goodall Urwin, MA, who resigned on the 28 February 2009.
